Du goût à la théorie. Le « Maître de Buli » au travers du prisme photographique
Using a number of photographs of one the most emblematic sculptures of the Royal Museum of Central Africa, the author sketches a short evolution of the aesthetic and scientific trends connected to the “Master of Buli” bowl-bearing figure. By analyzing the special interest Belgian scholar Frans-Maria...
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/6bae8f61e4e44a189eb083b95a6e2163 |
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| Summary: | Using a number of photographs of one the most emblematic sculptures of the Royal Museum of Central Africa, the author sketches a short evolution of the aesthetic and scientific trends connected to the “Master of Buli” bowl-bearing figure. By analyzing the special interest Belgian scholar Frans-Maria Olbrechts showed for figures by this artist, we will be able to summarize his “Olbrechtian” theories, based on previous work of German-American anthropologist Franz Boas, Italian art historian Giovanni Morelli and indirectly the research of French anatomist Georges Cuvier. |
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