商品簡介
A study of the role of invention within African traditional art, based on interviews with mask-makers of the Central Pende of Zanre. These artists describe a complex collaboration among song writers, drummers, and dancers that shapes the form of the contemporary practice of the masquerade, revealing the level of innovation present within genres. Discusses the Pende aesthetic system and its relation to other African aesthetic systems, traces the precolonial and colonial history of masquerades, and demonstrates that Central Pende masquerading is a contemporary art form responsive to 20th-century experience. Includes b&w and color photos. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
