Research Catalog

Title

Congo masks : masterpieces from Central Africa : a book and catalogue / editor, Marc Leo Felix ; authors: Dr. Viviane Baeke [and 10 others] ; photos, Paul Louis.

Publication

• Richmond, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2018.
• New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press

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Details

Additional Authors

• Felix, Marc Leo
• Baeke, Viviane
• Louis, Paul
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, host institution, issuing body.
• Congo Basin Art History Research Center, host institution.

Description

390 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps; 30 cm

Summary

This splendid illustrated exploration of masks and masking ceremonies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo presents more than 130 outstanding wooden masks dating from the 18th to the 20th century. Visually stunning and spiritually charged, these objects connected wearers with their ancestors and were part of elaborate costumes used in ritual performances. Including some of the finest works of African art in private hands, this volume features masks from eleven distinct stylistic zones: Ukongo, Ukwango, Ukete, Ukuba, Urunda, Uruwa, Utanganyika, Umaniema, Uituri, Ubangi, and Umongo. Displaying an enormous diversity of materials, design, and craftsmanship, these masks reflect the wide range of natural resources available throughout the Congo region and illuminate the unique belief systems of local populations. Accessible and informative essays provide insight into these extraordinary objects and are enlivened by both new photography and archival images showing the ceremonial use of masks in early 20th-century Congo. Exhibition: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, USA (10.11.2018-18.02.2019).

Subject

• Masks > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Exhibitions
• Masks > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Catalogs
• Masks, African > Exhibitions
• Masks in art > Exhibitions
• Masks
• Congo (Democratic Republic)

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, November 10, 2018-February 24, 2019.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 382-384).

Contents

Masking in Congo : Introduction / Marc Leo Felix -- Ukongo stylistic zone / Marc Leo Felix -- Ukwango stylistic zone / Arthur Bourgeois, Zoe S. Strother, Julien Volper, Viviane Baeke -- Ukete stylistic zone / Rik Ceyssens -- Ukuba stylistic zone / David Binkley -- Urunda stylistic zone / Manuel Jordan -- Uruwa stylistic zone / Constantine Petridis, Julien Volper, Viviane Baeke -- Utanganyika stylistic zone / Marc Leo Felix -- Umaniema stylistic zone / Pol P. Gossiaux, Viviane Baeke, Marc Leo Felix -- Uituri stylistic zone / Marc Leo Felix -- Ubangi stylistic zone / Kellum H. Brown -- Umongo stylistic zone / Marc Leo Felix -- Masks and musical instruments / Manuel Jordan.

Call Number

Sc+ G 19-13

ISBN

• 0300238754
• 9780300238754

OCLC

1029880009

Title

Congo masks : masterpieces from Central Africa : a book and catalogue / editor, Marc Leo Felix ; authors: Dr. Viviane Baeke [and 10 others] ; photos, Paul Louis.

Publisher

Richmond, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2018.

Distributor

New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press

Edition

1st American edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 382-384).

Added Author

Felix, Marc Leo, editor.

Baeke, Viviane, author.

Louis, Paul, photographer.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, host institution, issuing body.

Congo Basin Art History Research Center, host institution.

Research Call Number

Sc+ G 19-13