[PDF] A Bird Dance Near Saturday City eBook

Author : Patrick McNaughton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,80 MB
Release : 2008-08-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 0253219841

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In 1978, Patrick McNaughton witnessed a bird dance masquerade in the small town of Dogoduman. He was so affected by this performance that its dazzling artistic power has never left him. As he revisits that very special evening in A Bird Dance near Saturday City, McNaughton carefully considers the components of the performance, its pace, the performers, and what the entire experience means for understandings of Bamana and West African aesthetics and culture. The performance of virtuoso dancer Sidi Ballo becomes McNaughton's vehicle for understanding the power of individuals in African art and the power of aesthetics as a cultural phenomenon. Topics such as what makes art effective, what makes it "good," how production is wrapped in individual virtuosity, and what individual artistry suggests about society reveal how individuals work together to create the indelible experience of outstanding performance. This exuberant and captivating book will influence views of society, culture, art, history, and their makers in West Africa for years to come.

Author : Patrick R. McNaughton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,33 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 0253351480

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Captures the power of individuals and art at a single night's masquerade performance

Author : Pamela A. Patton
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,9 MB
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 0271095865

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Where are the limits of medieval art as a field of study? What happens when conventionally trained art historians disregard the chronological, geographical, or cultural parameters that both direct and protect their scholarship? Beginning with Thelma K. Thomas and Alicia Walker’s acute assessment of the need for a “medieval art history for now,” the essays in Out of Bounds ask what happens when the study of medieval art disregards boundaries that it once obeyed. The volume focuses on questions surrounding the production of knowledge and on how scholarly investigation beyond the conventional thematic boundaries of medieval art history is changing, demonstrating how the field can address the ethics of scholarship today by positing a global turn in response to growing demands for socially responsible medieval studies. Collectively, the contributors demonstrate how “going out of bounds” can transform modern understanding of the people, traditions, and relationships that gave rise to medieval works. As such, this book argues for the necessity of reshaping scholarly discourse about the nature and significance of medieval art and generates fresh scholarly interpretations and important new critical tools for teaching and researching the Middle Ages. The contributors to this volume are Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Michele Bacci, Jill Caskey, Eva Frojmovic, Sarah M. Guérin, Christina Maranci, Alice Isabella Sullivan, Thelma K. Thomas, Michele Tomasi, and Alicia Walker.

Author : T. A. Barringer
Publisher :
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780748640317

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This volume contains works on Africa published during 2008.

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Publisher :
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 26,57 MB
Release : 1929
Category : Railroads
ISBN :

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Employee magazine of the Union Pacific System.