TY  - CHAP
AU  - Laude, Jean
AU  - Brooklyn Museum
PY  - [1973]
DA  - [1973]//
TI  - African art of the Dogon: the myths of the cliff dwellers
BT  - A Studio book
SP  - 60, [71]
PB  - Brooklyn Museum in association with the Viking Press
CY  - New York
KW  - Dogons (African people)
KW  - Dogon
KW  - Decorative art
KW  - Representative art
AB  - This is an analysis of Dogon works of art which were included in the 1973 exhibition organized by The Brooklyn Museum. The author attempts to dispel the idea that such art can be understood apart from the history and culture of the artists or “producers.”  Rather, the Dogon sculptures contained in this book, which are mainly wood carvings, serve as the chief vehicle for documenting Dogon cosmogony and Dogon concepts regarding their origins and genealogies. The same objects, which are related to important ritual ceremonies, detail both ordinary activities and reveal the society's mythology. These works also illustrate Dogon perceptions of their social organization and their interrelations among themselves and with outsiders. Thus Dogon sculptures pertain to both daily life and to mythical events simultaneously. The author attempts to distinguish authentic Dogon styles and themes from their predecessors, but he makes it clear that it is not always possible to establish the influence of intercultural contacts in all of the works photographed.
SN  - 0670109282
UR  - https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=fa16-012
LA  - English
N1  - Jean Laude [Translation by Joachim Neugroschel] Foreword by Lester Wunderman
ID  - fa16-012
Y1  - 2022-06-26
ER  -