Cimarron: Freedom And Masquerade Charles Freger Thames Hudson Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Art General

All Across The Americas From 16Th Century Onwards Enslaved Africans Escaped Their Captors And Struck Out On Own These Runaways Having Found Freedom Established Communities Or Joined With Indigenous Peoples To Forge New Identities Cimarron Borrowing A Spanish-American Term For Fugitive Former Slaves Is Series Of Photographic Portraits Descendants Brazil Colombia Caribbean Islands Central America As Far Southern United States Elaborate Masquerades Are Staged That Celebrate Keep Alive History Memory African Creole Mixed-Race Stock Characters Portrayed In Costume Grotesque Satirical Representations Huge Variety Tribal Dress Wild Ritual Regalia Shimmering Mardi Gras Outfits Feature Breathtaking Succession Vividly Coloured Silks Cottons Combine Woven Fibres Leaves Feathers Bodypaint Props Include Emblems Slavery Slavemasters – Ropes Sticks Guns Machetes Photographs Record Real People Whose Collective Sense Folk Imagination Dramatically Challenges Our Expectations Charles Fréger’s Work Has Large Growing Following Among Connoisseurs Contemporary Photography Defining Genre Documentary Portraiture Extends Deepens Human Past Present Σελίδες: 320 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0314 Διαστάσεις: 18X18Cm