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African Objects and the Fetish at Work in Early Modern Art History

By Anne Lafont (Editor), Yaëlle Biro (Contribution by), Joshua I Cohen (Contribution by), Roberto Conduru (Contribution by), Alexandre Girard-Muscagorry (Contribution by), Cécile Fromont (Contribution by), Gabriele Genge (Contribution by), Matthew Francis Rarey (Contribution by)
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By Anne Lafont (Editor), Yaëlle Biro (Contribution by), Joshua I Cohen (Contribution by), Roberto Conduru (Contribution by), Alexandre Girard-Muscagorry (Contribution by), Cécile Fromont (Contribution by), Gabriele Genge (Contribution by), Matthew Francis Rarey (Contribution by)
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A study of how African objects shaped Western concepts of art, aesthetics, and value, and informed the foundations of art history

While the central role of African art, objects, and rituals in shaping twentieth-century art history has been widely recognized, the longer genealogy of this influence remains an ongoing area of inquiry. This collection of essays examines how European encounters with African objects from the sixteenth century onward reshaped concepts of art, aesthetics, economics,...