African Style

By Stéphane Guibourgé

Materials: Sisal, hemp, stone, wood, root, clay, terra cotta: nature has provided the raw materials. People, through their cultures, beliefs, and rites, have transformed them.Colors: Ocher sand, white... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 208013681X
• ISBN13: 9782080136817
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Flammarion
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.9" x 0.8" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The roots of modernity

African Style brings the reader back to an essential state of mind. The book covers various forms art and furniture in a sophisticated manner, without any pretensions or glamorization of Africa. This book is for anyone who is a purist of modernity; looking for new ways to be ecologically green; or just interested in global perspectives. This is a powerful, yet gentle book. A must read for anyone remotely interested in art and worldly aesthetics.