African Art Masterpieces
African Art Masterpieces

Author: George Nelson Preston

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 128

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A selection of 48 images from African art. Includes commentaries and an introduction.

Arts of Africa
Arts of Africa

Author: Grimaldi Forum (Monaco, Monaco)

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Published: 2005

Total Pages: 414

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"This beautifully illustrated volume highlights all the rich diversity of African cultures through a meaningful selection of masterpieces of traditional African art."--Global Books in Print.

Africa
Africa

Author: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

Publisher: Prestel Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 252

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One of the leading collections of African art in the world, the African collection at Berlin's Ethnological Museum contains important masterpieces from many different regions of the continent. This stunning book includes more than two hundred color and black-and-white reproductions of masks, ceremonial figures, musical instruments, and objects of everyday life from throughout Africa. Among the jewels in the museum are the Ife Collection from Nigeria; rare Benin bronzes; Afro-Portuguese ivories; magical figures from the Lower Congo and a host of East African sculpture and masks that have gained increasing attention in recent years. Essays by leading ethnologists supply important cultural and historical information on each region, as well as fascinating insights into the ways European and African art have traded influences over the centuries.

African Vision
African Vision

Author: Christine Mullen Kreamer

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 264

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"Asked why he decided to collect African art, Paul Tishman replied, "How does one fall in love?" Such was the passion Paul and Ruth Tishman brought to collecting. The Tishmans acquired their first works of African art - an ivory figure and a bronze mask from the Benin kingdom - in the late 1950s. Over the next 20 plus years, the Tishmans built one of the great private collections of African art that included the major art traditions found throughout the continent. The Tishmans' desire to share the art with as many people as possible led to the 1984 sale of the collection to the Walt Disney Company, who proved to be generous stewards, making the collection available for exhibition and publication. In the autumn of 2005, the Walt Disney World Co., a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, donated the Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection to the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, continuing the tradition of sharing the rich history of African art and culture with current and future generations." --

African Art Now
African Art Now

Author: André Magnin

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 232

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Published to accompany the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 29 January - 8 May 2005.