African Art at the Harn Museum: Spirit Eyes, Human Hands

by Robin Poynor

Roy Sieber (National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA) (Introduction)

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With dramatic colour and black-and-white photographs of 93 pieces of art, ""Spirit Eyes, Human Hands"" introduces the notable collection of West African art from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. In the traditional view of many Africans, the spiritual and temporal worlds depend upon each other for companionship and material well-being. As the inhabitants of either realm cross and recross their world boundaries, art objects function as intimate links between the two domains, allowing both spirit and human to see and to manipulate each other. This work specifically addresses the role of the art object - a bowl...Read more
  • ISBN13 9780813013251
  • Publish Date 31 January 1996
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University Press of Florida
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 240
  • Language English