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The Art of ConversionCécile Fromont

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The Art of Conversion

Christian Visual Culture in the Kingdom of Kongo

by Cécile Fromont

A study of how the Kingdom of Kongo created a distinctive Christian visual culture between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, from crucifixes to regalia and dance. Fromont's idea of 'spaces of correlation' explains how Kongo and Christian meanings of the cross could coexist.

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