Frapper le fer. L'art des forgerons africains. Divers 21 Rodolfo Fattovich

21 Rodolfo Fattovich

This period occupies a special place in the history of art: that of a complex apogee

Volume 2: Translation

Scipio Aemilianus

the artist being present

Frapper le fer. L'art des forgerons africains. Divers 21 Rodolfo FattovichThis exhibition catalog (Muse du quai Branly, from November 19, 2019 to March 29, 2020) explores the many ways in which this element was smelted and forged by Africans, masters of fire and transformation. The Iron Age revolutionized Africa and forever transformed civilization, from a practical, symbolic, and cosmological perspective. For more than two millennia, ironworking has profoundly shaped African cultures, which offer a particularly diverse and