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Seated Male Figure
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Título: Seated Male Figure
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Seated Male Figure. Culture: Kongo peoples, Kakongo group. Dimensions: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm). Date: mid to late 19th century. In Kongo culture, figurative sculptures delineate and concretize the threshold between the worlds of the living and the dead. Displayed in shrines, a series of wood sculptures depicting a male figure flanked by a courtly entourage of wives, attendants, and retainers served to honor and commemorate the memory of important individuals. Such representations are part of a complex of art forms which afforded access to influential ancestors and which were also appreciated for their aesthetic excellence. This idealized image of a leader once constituted the central protagonist of such a grouping. His meditative stance reflects simultaneously upon his destiny in the other world and his ongoing responsibilities to the living. The figure's chiefly identity is revealed through both the distinctive posture and the signs of rank that include a patterned hat, filed teeth, and decorative scarification patterns. The Kongo artist responsible for this work captured a great deal of expression in the figure's contemplative facial features; the bold rendering of the torso and the positioning of the arms also convey a sense of dynamism in repose.
Seated Male Figure. Culture: Kongo peoples, Kakongo group. Dimensions: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm). Date: mid to late 19th century. In Kongo culture, figurative sculptures delineate and concretize the threshold between the worlds of the living and the dead. Displayed in shrines, a series of wood sculptures depicting a male figure flanked by a courtly entourage of wives, attendants, and retainers served to honor and commemorate the memory of important individuals. Such representations are part of a complex of art forms which afforded access to influential ancestors and which were also appreciated for their aesthetic excellence. This idealized image of a leader once constituted the central protagonist of such a grouping. His meditative stance reflects simultaneously upon his destiny in the other world and his ongoing responsibilities to the living. The figure's chiefly identity is revealed through both the distinctive posture and the signs of rank that include a patterned hat, filed teeth, and decorative scarification patterns. The Kongo artist responsible for this work captured a great deal of expression in the figure's contemplative facial features; the bold rendering of the torso and the positioning of the arms also convey a sense of dynamism in repose.
Técnica/material: Wood, glass, metal, kaolin
Museo: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédito: Album
Autorizaciones: ? Cesión de modelo: No - ? Cesión de propiedad: No
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Tamaño imagen: 2872 × 4271 px | 35.1 MB
Tamaño impresión: 24.3 × 36.2 cm | 1130.7 × 1681.5 in (300 dpi)
Palabras clave: AFRICA • ANGOLA OR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • ANGOLA • ARCILLA • ESCULTURA • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • VIDRIO
