The Resource Metropolitan fetish : African sculpture and the imperial French invention of primitive art, John Warne Monroe
Metropolitan fetish : African sculpture and the imperial French invention of primitive art, John Warne Monroe
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The item Metropolitan fetish : African sculpture and the imperial French invention of primitive art, John Warne Monroe represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Colby College Libraries.
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- Summary
- "A history of the French reception of African art, especially wooden masks and figures, in the first four decades of the twentieth century, and how that reception led to the creation of the broader aesthetic category Westerners now know as "primitive art"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Introduction : the French paradox of primitive art
- The making of a metropolitan fetish
- Inventing antiquity : Henri Clouzot, André Level and the universal history of primitive art
- The wings of snobbery : Paul Guillaume and the launch of art nègre
- From art nègre to art primitif : black deco, ethnology and surrealism in the late 1920s
- Selling "the art of the ancestors" : Charles Ratton, the art market, and the black diaspora
- Authenticity wars : primitive art between metropole and colony
- Conclusion, with an archival prophecy
- Isbn
- 9781501736353
- Label
- Metropolitan fetish : African sculpture and the imperial French invention of primitive art
- Title
- Metropolitan fetish
- Title remainder
- African sculpture and the imperial French invention of primitive art
- Statement of responsibility
- John Warne Monroe
- Subject
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- Art -- Collectors and collecting
- Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France -- History -- 20th century
- Art critics
- Art critics -- France -- History -- 20th century
- Art, African -- Appreciation -- France -- History -- 20th century
- France
- 1900-1999
- French colonies
- History
- Modernism (Art) -- African influences
- Modernism (Art) -- African influences
- France -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
- Africa
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A history of the French reception of African art, especially wooden masks and figures, in the first four decades of the twentieth century, and how that reception led to the creation of the broader aesthetic category Westerners now know as "primitive art"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- NIC/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1973-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Monroe, John Warne
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Art, African
- Art
- Art critics
- Modernism (Art)
- France
- Art
- Art critics
- French colonies
- Modernism (Art)
- Africa
- France
- Label
- Metropolitan fetish : African sculpture and the imperial French invention of primitive art, John Warne Monroe
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : the French paradox of primitive art -- The making of a metropolitan fetish -- Inventing antiquity : Henri Clouzot, André Level and the universal history of primitive art -- The wings of snobbery : Paul Guillaume and the launch of art nègre -- From art nègre to art primitif : black deco, ethnology and surrealism in the late 1920s -- Selling "the art of the ancestors" : Charles Ratton, the art market, and the black diaspora -- Authenticity wars : primitive art between metropole and colony -- Conclusion, with an archival prophecy
- Control code
- 1088599624
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- xi, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781501736353
- Lccn
- 2019007603
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1088599624
- Label
- Metropolitan fetish : African sculpture and the imperial French invention of primitive art, John Warne Monroe
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : the French paradox of primitive art -- The making of a metropolitan fetish -- Inventing antiquity : Henri Clouzot, André Level and the universal history of primitive art -- The wings of snobbery : Paul Guillaume and the launch of art nègre -- From art nègre to art primitif : black deco, ethnology and surrealism in the late 1920s -- Selling "the art of the ancestors" : Charles Ratton, the art market, and the black diaspora -- Authenticity wars : primitive art between metropole and colony -- Conclusion, with an archival prophecy
- Control code
- 1088599624
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- xi, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781501736353
- Lccn
- 2019007603
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1088599624
Subject
- Art -- Collectors and collecting
- Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France -- History -- 20th century
- Art critics
- Art critics -- France -- History -- 20th century
- Art, African -- Appreciation -- France -- History -- 20th century
- France
- 1900-1999
- French colonies
- History
- Modernism (Art) -- African influences
- Modernism (Art) -- African influences
- France -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
- Africa
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