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Under the sign of the cross : Kongo crucifixes and the molding of central African Christian thought

Catalog Data

Author:
Fromont, Cécile  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
2008
Notes:
Illustrations (pp. 316-345).
From the author's doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, 2008.
Contents:
"A diversity of individual voices, artistically organized" - - Cruciform motifs in Kongo art and thought - - Kongo art of Christian form - - European realism as Kongo stylization - - The Kongo crucifixes as objects of power
Topic:
Kongo crucifixes  Search this
Kongo iconography  Search this
Kongo geometric patterns  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Kongo  Search this
Art, Kongo--Christian influences  Search this
Christian art and symbolism  Search this
Call number:
BR1470.K66 F768 2008a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_948444