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SPINA (Luigi), PETRIDIS (Constantin)
Hemba.
Milan: 5 Continents, 2017 in-4, (24,5 x 34 cm), 144 pages, 120 illustrations en couleurs. Relié, très bon état. Texte français et anglais.
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Hemba. (Milan: 5 Continents, 2017) [M.C.: Art africain, Congo]
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Librairie - Galerie Eburnea
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Hemba, master carvers of the Hemba culture in southeastern Congo
, 5 Continents, 2017 Hardcover with dusjacket, 144 pages, Texte en Francais, Illustrations en couleurs en noir & blanc nombreuses illustrations dans et hors texte. TEXT ENGLISH/ French, *NEW. ISBN 9788874398034.
Expressing one of many Luba sub-styles, the tall, standing male figures created by master carvers of the Hemba culture in southeastern Congo since at least the mid-1800s arguably rank among the noblest sculptural depictions of the human figure in sub-Saharan Africa. With their serene gaze and meditative expression, they exude a tranquillity and dignity that befits these idealized likenesses memorializing esteemed leaders of the past. Infused with a life-force or vital energy, these spirit-invested objects were able to communicate between the living and the dead. Thanks to their inner power they had the capacity to impact the material sphere by allowing the ancestors to positively influence the well-being of their surviving relatives. In this publication, through the perceptive lens of art photographer Luigi Spina, we discover nine of the most accomplished Hemba creations whose classical style has triggered comparisons with some kouroi sculptures of ancient Greece. Spina?s photographic interpretations help us understand why these proportionally balanced and symmetrically conceived ancestral figures have earned the admiration of African art lovers around the world. These personal readings of the beloved Hemba commemorative portraits also confirm why these sensitive renderings of the human anatomy deserve inclusion in the universal history of artistic creativity and a place in Andr Malraux?s ?Museum Without Walls.? After a tenure of more than fourteen years at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Constantine (Costa) Petridis joined the Art Institute of Chicago on November 1, 2016, as Curator of African art and Chair of the Department of the Arts of Africa and the Americas. A prolific editor and writer specialized in arts of Central Africa, Petridis most recently also contributed various essays to Frank Herreman?s Mumuye Sculpture from Nigeria: The Human Figure Reinvented, which was published by 5 Continents Editions in 2016. Luigi Spina (b. 1966) is a photographer from Naples. He participated in the ninth International Photography Festival in Rome and at MIAFAIR 2013 with his book-project The Buchner Boxes. With 5 Continents Editions he has published: The Buchner Boxes, The Dancers from the Villa dei Papyri, Memorie del Vaso Blu, Amazzonomachia, and Centauri He began his photographic portrayal of the Farnese collection of Classical sculptures for the Archaeological Museum of Naples in 2002.
Luba Hemba. April 20 to May 26, 1979.
New York: F. Rolin & Co, 1979 pet. in-4 oblong, 32 pages, 66 illustrations. Broché, bon état, étiquette sur la couv.
Luba Hemba. April 20 to May 26, 1979. (New York: F. Rolin & Co, 1979) [M.C.: catalogue d'exposition, Art africain, Congo (R.D.C.), Luba, Hemba]
Approche des arts Hemba.
Villiers-le-Bel: Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1975 in-4, 64 pages, 61 illustrations, 3 hors-texte, carte. Broché, couverture illustrée lég. frottée avec petite pliure, bon état. Exemplaire de la bibliothèque de Jacques Kerchache.
Approche des arts Hemba. (Villiers-le-Bel: Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1975). [M.C.: Art africain / African Art, Congo (R.D.C.), Hemba]
Grande Statuaire Hemba Du Zaire.
, Louvain-la-Neuve Institut Superieur d"Archeologie et d"Histoire de l"Art., 1977 softcover original 520 pages, reproductions, illustrations + cartes en noir et blanc et en couleur.
Avec des contributions de Ndaywel E Nziem et Albert Maesen. Ouvrage de reference qui propose une precieuse etude stylistique de la statuaire Hemba. Importante contribution pour "une connaissance de l'histoire precoloniale de l'Afrique noire". La Grande Statuaire Hemba Du Zaire Neyt, Francois Published by Institut Superieur D'Archeologie Et D'Histoire De L'Art, Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium, 1977
Luba Hemba cariatides.
Bruxelles: Bernard de Grunne, 2017 in-4, 61 pages, 9 figures dans le texte, 2 cartes, 37 illustrations d'objets en couleurs sous plusieurs vues. Bibliographie. Broché, très bon état.
Luba Hemba cariatides. (Bruxelles: Bernard de Grunne, 2017) [M.C.: Art africain, Congo]
