By Ladislas Segy
163 full-page plates Illustrating mask, fertility figures, ceremonial gadgets, etc., of fifty West and principal African tribes—95% by no means earlier than illustrated. 34-page creation to African sculpture.
«Mr. Segy is one in every of its best authorities,» New Yorker.
164 full-page photographic plates.
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These two basic elements were fused in African art, and the African was able to express his deeply felt emotional experience in a fully coordinated and disciplined Western man, on the other hand, is able to feel manner. the communica- tive quality of the African's artistic expression, and, in turn, conclusion its 34 emotional content. The wo,rk chological need to unload tension, culture, if he is is the result of a deep psy- and the viewer from another able to "read" the plastic language, undergoes, by identification, the same feeling of release of tension.
Bird mask, polychromed. Bobo, French Sudan. 13V4" high. Statue representing Ariza, the malevolent high. Region ot Black Volta. 12. V spirit. 13. Statue, representing Arbor, spirit of water. Region ot Black Volta, H a IW high. FRENCH GUINEA 14. Simo secret society statue, Baga, French Guinea. 14" high. SIERRA LEONE 15. Bundu female secret society hood mask. Mendi, Sierra Leone. 16" high. 16. Statue. Mendi, Sierra Leone. 22" high. 17. Head of an oracle figure. Mendi, Sierra Leone. Detail: W high.
The wo,rk chological need to unload tension, culture, if he is is the result of a deep psy- and the viewer from another able to "read" the plastic language, undergoes, by identification, the same feeling of release of tension. This magnificent coordination of content and expression, the incredible organic relationship of sculpture to psy- chological needs, places African sculpture among the great meaning of form and coordination and communicative quality which is our first art traditions. It is the aesthetic quality, the interest in the study of African art.