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Colours of Congo : patterns, symbols and narratives in 20th-century Congolese paintings

Title
Colours of Congo : patterns, symbols and narratives in 20th-century Congolese paintings / [editors, Florian Knothe and Estela Ibáñez-García].
Publication
Hong Kong : University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 2021.

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Additional Authors
  • Knothe, Florian
  • Ibáñez-García, Estela
  • University of Hong Kong. University Museum and Art Gallery, host institution.
Description
214 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps, portraits; 30 cm
Alternative Title
Colors of Congo
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Narrative painting > Congo (Democratic Republic) > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Painting, Modern > 20th century > History > Exhibitions
  • Narrative painting
  • Painting
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
Note
  • Published in connection with an exhibition at the HKU Museum and Art Gallery.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Crossing rivers and pathways : Congolese art and culture in the Bakongo and Bakuba Kingdoms -- 20th-Century Congolese easel painting -- Origins of Congolese painting -- The 'precursors' : Congolese pioneers of watercolor -- Catalog 1 : Precursors -- Pierre Romain-Desfossés' 'Le Hangar' Atelier -- The Pedagogy of Pierre Romain-Desfossés -- Catalog 2 : Le Hangar -- The Academy of Fine Arts of Elisabethville -- The methodology of Moonens and Lods and the development of an organic style -- Catalog 3 : the academy.
ISBN
  • 9887470732
  • 9789887470731
LCCN
99989442512
OCLC
  • on1241245395
  • 1241245395
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries