The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa" ... Finely crafted scholarship. Elegant and graceful, yet packed with knowledge and information, it embodies the aesthetic qualities which it describes and explores." American Ethnologist "The text is detailed and informative, and enjoyable reading ..." Choice "The Mande Blacksmith is an important book ... sensitive, sympathetic, multifaceted, and thorough ..." African Arts "McNaughton's Mande Blacksmiths is undeniably the most profound study of African artists yet published." Ethnoarts " ... penetrating ... McNaughton boldly grapples with the thorniest issues related to his subject and articulates them with clarity and precision." International Journal of African Historical Studies " ... a work in the best tradition of ethnographic research ... critical reappraisal, innovative inquiry, and fresh observation ... make this book an invaluable fund of new material on Mande societies ..." American Anthropologist "McNaughton ... provides an important interpretation of these artists' conceptual place as members of a complex culture." Religious Studies Review Examining the artistic, technological, social, and spiritual dimensions of Mande blacksmiths, who are the sculptors of their society, McNaughton defines these artists conceptual place as extraordinary members of a complex culture. |
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Smiths must conceptualize a form and hold it in their memory as they reduce a rough piece of wood by stages until it fits the correct image ( Ill . 5 ) . They must also learn a certain flexibility and creativity , because surprises in ...
Smiths must conceptualize a form and hold it in their memory as they reduce a rough piece of wood by stages until it fits the correct image ( Ill . 5 ) . They must also learn a certain flexibility and creativity , because surprises in ...
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Some smiths hammer in patterns , stopping after several strokes to see how the piece is moving . Each time they stop they tap the anvil lightly with their hammer . Asked why , they say it is so they can see their work .
Some smiths hammer in patterns , stopping after several strokes to see how the piece is moving . Each time they stop they tap the anvil lightly with their hammer . Asked why , they say it is so they can see their work .
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I did not think it was a terrible piece of sculpture , and the beak was even well carved in places . But on the whole the work could not be considered good . Sedu agreed , diplomatically .
I did not think it was a terrible piece of sculpture , and the beak was even well carved in places . But on the whole the work could not be considered good . Sedu agreed , diplomatically .
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المحتوى
BLACKSMITHS IN MANDE SOCIETY | 1 |
THE MANDE SMITHS AS CRAFTSMEN | 22 |
SMITHS AND THE SHAPE OF CIVILIZED SPACE | 40 |
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5 من الأقسام الأخرى غير ظاهرة
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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| العنوان | The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa المجلد 798 من Midland books Traditional arts of Africa |
| المؤلف | Patrick R. McNaughton |
| الإصدار | مزود بصور توضيحية |
| الناشر | Indiana University Press, 1988 |
| أصلي من | جامعة ميتشيغان |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 13 أيلول (سبتمبر) 2008 |
| رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب) | 025333683X, 9780253336835 |
| عدد الصفحات | 241 من الصفحات |
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