Kongo across the waters : [... publ. in conjunction with the exhibition Kongo across the Waters org. by the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, and the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, ... Oct. 22, 2013 - March 23,2014 ...]

Kongo across the waters [... publ. in conjunction with the exhibition Kongo across the Waters org. by the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, and the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, ... Oct. 22, 2013 - March 23,2014 ...]

Explores the transatlantic connections between Central Africa and North America over the past 500 years in the visual and performing arts of both cultures

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Weitere Verfasser:	Cooksey, Susan (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Gainesville, Fla. Univ. Press of Florida 2013
Schlagworte:	Geschichte > Art / America / African influences > Art, Kongo / Influence > Performing arts / African influences > Kongo (African people) / Influence > African American art / African influences > African diaspora in art > Kunst > Kongo > Amerika > Königreich Kongo > Ausstellungskatalog
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Zusammenfassung:	Explores the transatlantic connections between Central Africa and North America over the past 500 years in the visual and performing arts of both cultures
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index Part I: Kongo in Africa -- 1. The culture of Mbanza Kongo / Linda Heywood and John Thornton -- Focus 1. King Pedro VII of Kongo (r. 1923-55) -- 2. By the sword and the cross: power and faith in the arts of the Christian Kongo / Cécile Fromont -- Focus 2. Capuchin didactic documents -- 3. Rock art as a source for the history of the Kongo Kingdom / Geoffroy Heimlich -- Focus 3. the Kongo cross across centuries -- 4. Kongo, North America and the slave trade / Jelmer Vos -- Focus 4. Images of the Middle Passage -- 5. The Kongo Kingdom and European diplomacy / Linda Heywood and John Thornton -- Focus 5. Portraits of Kongo diplomats -- Catalogue section 1. Religious artifacts -- 6. Kongo in the age of empire / Hein Vanhee and Jelmer Vos -- Focus 6. Antonio, Mambouc of Nzobe in the 1890s -- 7. Transatlantic souvenirs: a dialogue of slavery and memory in Kongo-inspired relief sculpture / Nichole N. Bridges -- Focus 7. Depicting the slave trade -- Catalogue section 2. Ivories and artifacts -- 8. Renewal and reinterpretation in Kongo religion / John M. Janzen -- 9. On Nsambi pluriarcs / Rémy Jadinon -- Focus 8. praetorius displays Kongo instruments, 1619 -- Catalogue section 3. Figures, masks, and musical instruments -- 10. Meaning and aesthetics in Kongo art / Wyatt MacGaffey -- Focus 9. The Master of Kasadi -- 11. A touch of exoticism: "European fashion" in Kongo / Julien Volper -- Focus 10. The Land of the Dead -- Catalogue section 4. Grave figures -- Part II: Kongo in the Americas -- 12. Kongo and the archaeology of early African America / Christopher C. Fennell -- Focus 11. Crossing the South -- 13. West Central African spirit practices in Annapolis, Maryland / Kathryn H. Deeley, Stefan F. Woehlke, Mark P. Leone, and Matthew Cochran -- Catalogue section 5. Archaeological material -- 14. Africanisms in American English: critical notes on sources and methodology / Jacky Maniacky -- 15. Kongo cuisine and the middle passage in terms of peanuts / Birgit Ricquier -- 16. Africa is what you make it: Kongo in African American folk arts / Jason Young -- Focus 12. Kongo ideas and aesthetics in African American ceramics -- 17. The Kongo connection: Central African baskets and their American kin / Dale Rosengarten -- Focus 13. Continuing the legacy of lowcountry coiled baskets -- 18. Kongo music and dance at new Orleans's Congo square / Freddi Williams Evans -- Focus 14. Remembering Congo Square -- 19. Nineteenth-century Americans shed light on Kongo / Mathilde Leduc-Grimaldi -- Focus 15. Kongo in the engravings of Pieter van Der Aa -- 20. "Seeing Kongo": a lens on African American landscapes / Grey Gundaker -- Focus 16. Kongo afterlife in Florida -- 21. From Tidewater to Tampa: yard activation in the Kongo-Atlantic tradition / Kellim Brown -- Catalogue section 6. Conjure, baskets, canes, and vessels -- Part III: Kongo in contemporary art -- 22. Kongo inspiration in contemporary world art / Susan Cooksey and Robin Poynor -- Focus 17. Kongo memory in the Afro-Atlantic -- 23. Kongo squared: the art of Renée Stout / Michael D. Harris -- 24. Minkisi and Dikenga in the art of Radcliffe Bailey: multiplied exponentially / Carol Thompson -- 25. Kongo resonance in the paintings of Edouard Duval-Carrié / Donald Cosentino -- 26. José Bedia: Crossing the waters / Judith Bettelheim
Beschreibung:	XVIII, 458 S. zahlr. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:	9780813049151 978-0-8130-4915-1 0813049156 9780813049458 978-0-8130-4945-8 0813049458