Le Souffle des esprits. Art sacré du bassin de l'Ogôoué. Archéologie généralité their collective vocation

their collective vocation

Eva Cantarella invites us to return to the Greeks and Romans

the order extended its mission to the defense of the Latin states of the East

the central work of Auguste Rodin's (1840-1917) career

The book analyzes the materials that artists used to make these medallions and the established modes of depiction that they adapted for their royal portraits

Le Souffle des esprits. Art sacré du bassin de l'Ogôoué. Archéologie généralité their collective vocationUnlike some regions of Africa that saw the establishment of large kingdoms, the Ogoou in Gabon never had court art. Here, art is always ritual: objects are intended for rites practiced within a society of the "family anarchy" type, where clan and lineage predominate over any other organizational firm. The religious objects of the Ogoou Valley, which we classify today as works of art, had a function serving the individual and the community: to