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Art - Art / Beaux livres
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Somogy Éditions d'art
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Guardian beings in the Native American Hopi and Zuñi cultures of New Mexico and Arizona, kachinas are spirits of fire, rain, wind or the departed. There are practical joker kachinas, mischievous kachinas, even malevolent ones.Summoned in ritual ceremonies, these messengers of the gods use their beneficial powers to allow humans to continue their journey through life. Masked dancers dress up as kachinas for religious purposes. Kachina dolls are made to familiarize Hopi children with the liturgy of their tribe. Kachinas rhythm the entire life cycle of the Hopis. Anthropologists have identified over 300 kachina figurines. Usually carved from cottonwood roots, kachina dolls have undergone a considerable typological evolution. Initially carved in geometric shapes, they gradually began to borrow naturalistic human anatomical details and, with the passing centuries, have acquired elaborate garments and headdresses.The evocative power of kachina dolls has long fascinated Western Europeans. Artists and writers such as Max Ernst, André Breton, Paul Éluard, and Claude Lévi-Strauss, among others, were keenly interested in Hopi art and assembled stunning collections of kachina dolls. Max Ernst never got into his car without taking along a kachina doll.
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