Enigmas de las montañas / Enigmes des montagnes

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ISBN: 9788493395179
French/Spanish edition
Editorial Gustavo Gili
Hardcover, 160 pages
21 x 28 cm
November 2005
€52,88 (excl. VAT)

Enigmas de las montañas / Enigmes des montagnes

Máscaras tribales del Himalaya / Masques tribaux de l'Himalaya

Françóis Pannier

The classical art of the Himalayas, especially bronze sculpture of a Buddhist or Hindu persuasion, has long been recognized and appreciated by the Western world. Meanwhile, the tribal masks of that same region, which relate to ancient animistic traditions specific to ethnic groups living in isolation among the huge mountains, have been ignored by museums and ethnologists until very recently. Literature on the subject is almost non-existent.

This book, in a bilingual French/Spanish edition, seeks to fill this bibliographical gap by reproducing a private collection consisting of sixty masks, most of them Nepalese, which, due to their fantasy and richness of patina, display an extraordinary formal variety.

The compilation’s more than 120 photographs are accompanied by an introduction written by the specialist François Pannier.

Please note: This book is only available in both French & Spanish.