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Spoons in African art: for the princes of the Renaissance
African sculptors have deployed their talents and imagination in objects as common and seemingly as modest as spoons, creating a whole universe of surprising shapes. The reader will easily appreciate how illusory the boundary between minor and major arts is.
Some spoons considered from a design point of view are distinguished by the purity of their conception. Others attract attention by the originality and refinement of their decoration. Still others, the most extraordinary ones achieve a perfect fusion of design and decoration, functionality and freedom of invention. Spoons are among the first objects from Black Africa to reach Europe.
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Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Mid XXth century
- Size
- 28,5 cm
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Wood
- Country
- Origin
- Tribal art collection Belgium
- Condition
- Excellent
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Spoons in African art: for the princes of the Renaissance
African sculptors have deployed their talents and imagination in objects as common and seemingly as modest as spoons, creating a whole universe of surprising shapes. The reader will easily appreciate how illusory the boundary between minor and major arts is.
Some spoons considered from a design point of view are distinguished by the purity of their conception. Others attract attention by the originality and refinement of their decoration. Still others, the most extraordinary ones achieve a perfect fusion of design and decoration, functionality and freedom of invention. Spoons are among the first objects from Black Africa to reach Europe.