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Although many societies in the Congo were once renowned for their vibrant carved masks and architectural sculptures, these phenomena have only been studied as living traditions among a handful of peoples, most notably the Pende. Lavish illustrations evoke the full range of Pende expression and offers a unique window into both masquerade and architecture in Central Africa. Part of the Visions of Africa series.
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Z. S. Strother is Riggio Professor of African art at Columbia University in the City of New York. She was trained in art history at Yale University, where she received her Ph.D in 1992. Since then, she has published extensively on African visual culture, including Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende (University of Chicago Press, 1998), which received the the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award for Original scholarship published between 1998-2000. This research is based on 32 months of fieldwork among the Eastern and Central Pende, 1987-89. Her current research focuses on untangling the history of iconoclasm in Africa.
Although many societies in the Congo were once renowned for their vibrant carved masks and architectural sculptures, these phenomena have only been studied as living traditions among a handful of peoples, most notably the Pende. Lavish illustrations evoke the full range of Pende expression and offers a unique window into both masquerade and architecture in Central Africa. Part of the Visions of Africa series.
About the Author
Z. S. Strother is Riggio Professor of African art at Columbia University in the City of New York. She was trained in art history at Yale University, where she received her Ph.D in 1992. Since then, she has published extensively on African visual culture, including Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende (University of Chicago Press, 1998), which received the the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award for Original scholarship published between 1998-2000. This research is based on 32 months of fieldwork among the Eastern and Central Pende, 1987-89. Her current research focuses on untangling the history of iconoclasm in Africa.
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