le prix
en partenariat a LIVRE D’’ART TRIBAL
vec Sotheby’s France 2017 D’ART international
du livre
d’ART
TRIBAL
Un événement organisé par Tribal Art magazine
ENGLISH CATEGORY
By Reimar Schefold
Published by Primedia Éditions
228 pages, 24 x 30 cm,
200 illustrations,
Hardcover, 45 euros
PILAT 2017 – FINALIST
ENGLISH CATEGORY
By Herbert M. Cole
Published by Mercatorfonds
376 pages, 29.7 x 24.5 cm,
343 color illustrations,
Hardcover, 90 dollars
Also available in a
French translation
PILAT 2017 – FINALIST
FRENCH CATEGORY
Edited by Julien Volper
Copublished by Flammarion
and the Musée du Quai
Branly – Jacques Chirac
216 pages, 25.5 × 19.5 cm.
140 illustrations
Hardcover, 39 euros
DU JOURDAIN AU CONGO
Art et christianisme en Afrique centrale
The catalog for the eponymous exhibition at the Musée du Quai
Branly – Jacques Chirac, which was the subject of an in-depth article
in our spring 2017 edition, this book is a remarkable synthesis of the
fi ve-century history of contact the various populations of Central
Africa had with Christianity and the spreading of the faith through
missionary activity and liturgical objects. The latter notably include
the crucifi x and representations of Mary and the saints that gave rise
to rich and varied local reinterpretations.
MATERNITY
Mothers and Children in the Arts of Africa
This book, the publication of which was previewed in our summer
2017 edition, is the result of a lifelong fascination with the subject
of the mother and child in the arts of Africa. Its author, Herbert M.
Cole, professor emeritus of art history at the University of California
at Santa Barbara, uses this book as the vehicle for sharing the results
of his long years of research. He delivers a pointed analysis of the
breadth of notions from across the continent on the subject of maternity,
as well as visual interpretations of the representation of the
mother and child take in both a biological perspective (fertility) and a
social one (ritual practices and the expression of power).
Enhanced by illustrations and descriptions of a wide selection of
choice works both from institutional and private collections, this book
offers a panorama of the sensibilities and styles through which this
subject has been approached throughout Africa, realized through the
creation of many kinds of artworks, including ritual fi gures, stools
and thrones, architectural elements, and royal scepters.