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A Challenge to Local Primitivism in Eastern European Cultures: the African ‘Exotic Heritage’ in Modern Art Cover

A Challenge to Local Primitivism in Eastern European Cultures: the African ‘Exotic Heritage’ in Modern Art

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mik-2024-0002 | Journal eISSN: 1822-4547 | Journal ISSN: 1822-4555
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