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Micromonumentalité : l'éloge du minuscule dans l'art africain = Micromonumentality : a tribute to miniature works of African art

Title
Micromonumentalité : l'éloge du minuscule dans l'art africain = Micromonumentality : a tribute to miniature works of African art / [text by] Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter ; photographies, Francesco Pachì.
Publication
  • Milano, Italia : 5 Continents Editions, [2015]
  • New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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Additional Authors
  • Geoffroy-Schneiter, Bérénice
  • Peroni, Pierluigi, 1955-
Description
271 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
"Micromonumentality is the first title in a series, Micro-Africa, that highlights the artistic and cultural value of miniature objects created in Africa. The first volume introduces the concept behind the series, offering a broad overview of objects and materials created and used by a large number of different African ethnic groups. With superb full-page photographs and close-ups of individual details, Micromonumentality extols the wealth of expression found in talismans, weights, boxes, containers, fetishes, jewels, and other objects made from wood, ivory, bone, bronze, iron, aluminum, and stone. None of these exceed 6 inches in height or length, and though they are indeed "microscopic," they are as expressive as much larger works, and "monumental" in their own right. Here, approximately 150 objects from a unique collection of 20,000 pieces represent the quintessence of African thought, religiosity, and prodigious formal inventiveness." -- Publisher's website.
Series Statement
[Micro-Africa series]
Alternative Title
  • Micromonumentality : a tribute to miniature works of African art
  • Micro monumentality
Subject
  • Peroni, Pierluigi, 1955- > Art collections
  • Art, African > Private collections
  • Miniature objects > Africa
  • Miniature craft > Africa
Note
  • "Collection Pierluigi Peroni".
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Parallel text in English and French.
Call Number
Sc E 15-1794
ISBN
  • 9788874397167 (hbk.)
  • 887439716X
OCLC
921526266
Title
Micromonumentalité : l'éloge du minuscule dans l'art africain = Micromonumentality : a tribute to miniature works of African art / [text by] Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter ; photographies, Francesco Pachì.
Publisher
Milano, Italia : 5 Continents Editions, [2015]
Distributor
New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
[Micro-Africa series]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
Parallel text in English and French.
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Added Author
Geoffroy-Schneiter, Bérénice, writer of added text.
Peroni, Pierluigi, 1955- collector.
Research Call Number
Sc E 15-1794
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