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Seeing the Unseen
- Arts of Power Associations on the Senufo-Mande Cultural "Frontier"
Engelsk Hardback
Seeing the Unseen
- Arts of Power Associations on the Senufo-Mande Cultural "Frontier"
Engelsk Hardback

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How do arts convey the existence of potent knowledge without revealing details of that knowledge? In Seeing the Unseen, art historian Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi examines tensions between the seen and unseen that makers, patrons, and audiences of arts in western West Africa negotiate through objects, assemblages, and performances. Gagliardi examines how ambiguity anchors design of the arts, and she shows that attempts to determine exact meanings miss the point. Specialists across western West Africa construct assemblages, installations, and buildings that hint at the possibility of revelation, but full disclosure remains unattainable. Specific activities and contexts integral to the design and use of the works often leave no visible trace.    Through attention to many ways of seeing and knowing, Seeing the Unseen opens new possibilities for the study of so-called historical or classical arts of Africa grounded in the specificity of individual works, their making, and their reception. It also prompts us to reflect on how we know and what it means to know in any context.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
342
ISBN-13:
9780253064271
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0253064279
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
3 jan 2023
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
216mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
Indiana University Press
Oplagsdato:
3 jan 2023
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