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I ed. americana (I ed.: London (GB), Thames and Hudson 1995). Testo in inglese. IV/ 224/ cart./ sovraccoperta patinata e satinata nei risvolti, con grafica in b/n ed illustrata sullo sfondo a colori (particolare di un tessuto dipinto). With over 600 illustrations, 101 in colour. Sguardie illustrate con immagine virata ocra (particolare di un tessuto dipinto). Stato buono-ottimo. Contents: Georges Meurant (Maps - The Mbuti of the Ituri Forest - Mbuti Design - The Colour Plates - Aesthetic - The Principles (The dot-the dash-the constellation - Constituent motifs in the 'constellation' - The integration of motifs with the linear progression - The division of a surface into parallel sections - From the broken line to the lattice - The lattice, the chequerboard pattern, the straight interlace - Links between straight and oblique partitions) - The Mo0tifs (Punctiform figures - The progression of punctiform figures - The explosion of the punctiform figure - The spiral and its uncoiling - Geneses - The writhing multitude - Figures fformed from simple parallel segments - Representations involving the cross) - Thematic Interpretation (Pure art, symbol or representation? - Generic themes) - mbuti Design and that of their Neighbours (The artist of the Ituri forest - Similarities between Mongbetu and Mbutii design - Twa design from Lake Kivu) - Conclusion - Sources for the illustrations) - Robert Farris Thompson (Impulse and Repose: The Art of Ituri Women - Introduction: Art in an Eternity of Forest - The Psalm Without Words (kanga beere) - The Emerald Idiom: Honoring Spirits in their Free-Form Language - Twelve Painters of the Forest - mbuti Design and the History of Art - The origins of Mbuti Art - The Canon of the Forest (Ituri Design in the History of Art) - Forager Art and the Western World (Of Writing and Rhythm) - Conclusion).