The Arts of Ghana
Author: Herbert M. Cole
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces the viewer to Ghanaian history, geography, religions, and culture through a study of the nation's traditional arts.
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Understanding the Traditional Art of Ghana
Author: E. V. Asihene
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of the fine arts and handicrafts of a small republic in western Africa is important for its valuable information about the traditional art and the renewed interest in its preservation and continuation by native artists today.
Extreme Canvas
Author: Clive Barker
Publisher: Dilettante Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the 1980s a group of entrepreneurs in Ghana created small-scale, mobile film-distribution empires, hitting the road with videocassettes, television monitors, portable gas-powered generators and rolled-up, hand-painted, artist-signed canvas posters. This new medium created the first opportunity for some of the best young painters in Ghana to express themselves on a public scale. In the frequent absence of an original image upon which to base the work they had been commissioned to produce, the artists inevitably created cinematic paintings that were largely interpretive and imagination-driven. In the book's four major essays, author Ernie Wolfe III recounts the rise and fall of the mobile cinema tradition, while noted African art scholar Roy Sieber follows two-dimensional art in Africa from rock paintings in the Sahara to contemporary manuals, wall paintings, and barber board paintings as well as the canvas movie posters themselves; Paul Hayes Tucker compares the phenomenon to 19th century European utility-based painting; and poet and art critic John Yau contributes the perspective of an American art historian. In addition, Hollywood film notables such as horror auteur Clive Barker, actor LeVar Burton, actress Anjelica Huston, and director Gus Van Sant contribute chapter introductions.
Asante Court Music and Verbal Arts in Ghana
Author: Kwasi Ampene
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2022-02
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781032235585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAsante Court Music and Verbal Arts in Ghana is a comprehensive portrait of Asante court musical arts. Weaving together historical narratives with analyses of texts performed on drums, ivory trumpets, and a cane flute, the book includes a critical assembly of ancient song texts, the poetry of bards (kwadwom), and referential poetry performed by members of the constabulary (apae). The focus is on the intersections between lived experience, music, and values, and refers to musical examples drawn from court ceremonies, rituals, festivals, as well as casual performances elicited in the course of fieldwork. For the Asante, the performing arts are complex sites for recording and storing personal experiences, and they have done so for centuries with remarkable consistency and self-consciousness. This book draws on archaeological, archival, historical, ethnographical and analytical sources to craft a view of the Asante experience as manifested in its musical and allied arts. Its goal is to privilege the voices of the Asante and how they express their history, religious philosophy, social values, economic, and political experiences through the musical and allied arts. The author's theoretical formulation includes the concept of value, referring to ideas, worldview concepts, beliefs, and social relationships that inform musical practices and choices in Asante.
Africa
Author: Tom Phillips
Publisher: Prestel Pub
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 615
ISBN-13: 9783791320045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis magnificent celebration of the world's oldest and most diverse artistic traditions is considered the definitive book on African art. Ranging from the oldest known human artifact, circa 1.6 million BC, to pieces made within living memory, the objects collected in this extraordinary volume reflect a continent of enormous cultural and historical scope. Arranged chronologically within seven geographical sections, it offers an astonishing array of sculptures in wood, bronze, stone, and gold, as well as rock paintings, ceremonial pieces, ceramics, jewelry, and textiles culled from private and public collections around the world. Commentary by renowned scholars illuminates the cultural and historical significance of these pieces, and in-depth authoritative texts highlight critical aspects of each region. Together these words and images take readers on an artistic grand tour through a continent of unparalleled diversity, and towards the thrilling discovery of not one Africa, but many.
Kente Colors
Author: Debbi Chocolate
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1997-10-01
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 0802775284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA rhyming description of the kente cloth costumes of the Ashanti and Ewe people of Ghana and a portrayal of the symbolic colors and patterns.
West Africa
Author: Mira Bartok
Publisher: Good Year Books
Published: 1992-09
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9780673360533
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEducational resource for teachers, parents and kids!
Music and Dance Traditions of Ghana
Author: Paschal Yao Younge
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2024-10-17
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13: 0786485310
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe music and dance traditions of Ghana's four main ethnic groups are covered comprehensively in this book. It discusses concepts of music, dance and performance in general, and also goes into cultural perspectives, performance practices and the form and structure of 22 musical types or dance drumming ceremonies. As a guide to multicultural education, it provides teaching methods and components of curriculum development. Numerous photographs, maps, and musical scores generously illustrate the book.
Art from Africa
Author: Pamela McClusky
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780691092751
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The authors draw on personal memories, interviews, and oral narratives to present twelve "case histories" of objects--or clusters of objects-- in the Seatle Art Museum's renowned collection of African art."
Kumasi Realism, 1951-2007
Author: Atta Kwami
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781849040877
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text explores a burgeoning body of West African artistic production that draws upon photography, advertising, graphic design, European art history and Ghanaian history and culture.
