Frans M. Olbrechts 1899-1958: in Search of Art in Africa

Frans M. Olbrechts founded the stylistic study of African Art. He laid the basis for the discipline known today as the anthropology of art. But much of the grou... » 

Frans M. Olbrechts founded the stylistic study of African Art. He laid the basis for the discipline known today as the anthropology of art. But much of the groundbreaking work of this Belgian ethnologist and scholar of art was published in Dutch and at an international level has still not been adequately assessed. Now in fifteen wideranging essays by eleven authors this richly illustrated book explores Olbrechts pioneering role in the history of African art studies. «