Author(s): Robert T. Soppelsa
Journal: Journal of Art Historiography
ISSN 2042-4752
Volume: 7;
Start page: 7;
Date: 2012;
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Keywords: Lagoons | Côte d’Ivoire | comparative methodologies | Western/African arts | ‘tribal styles’ | healing | leadership | prestige | age-set festivals | performance arts | global context
ABSTRACT
This essay reviews Constructing African Art Histories for the Lagoons of Côte d’Ivoire, by Monica Blackmun Visonà. After reviewing previous publications and approaches to the study of art and culture from the lagoon region of southeastern Côte d’Ivoire, Visonà proceeds to discuss the arts of this region based on her field work during three field visits conducted during the 1980s, and attempts to construct a revisionist interpretation of these arts. The arts of healing and shrine arts, arts of leadership, age-set festivals and performance arts, and recent developments in the arts of the region are considered in individual chapters. The book is remarkable for its clarity of presentation, and for its frequent references to Western art history and its methodologies.
Journal: Journal of Art Historiography
ISSN 2042-4752
Volume: 7;
Start page: 7;
Date: 2012;
VIEW PDF
DOWNLOAD PDF Original pageKeywords: Lagoons | Côte d’Ivoire | comparative methodologies | Western/African arts | ‘tribal styles’ | healing | leadership | prestige | age-set festivals | performance arts | global context
ABSTRACT
This essay reviews Constructing African Art Histories for the Lagoons of Côte d’Ivoire, by Monica Blackmun Visonà. After reviewing previous publications and approaches to the study of art and culture from the lagoon region of southeastern Côte d’Ivoire, Visonà proceeds to discuss the arts of this region based on her field work during three field visits conducted during the 1980s, and attempts to construct a revisionist interpretation of these arts. The arts of healing and shrine arts, arts of leadership, age-set festivals and performance arts, and recent developments in the arts of the region are considered in individual chapters. The book is remarkable for its clarity of presentation, and for its frequent references to Western art history and its methodologies.
