Traditional African Art

Traditional African Art

Author: Avner Shakarov

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-06-14

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1476620032

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The art of sub-Saharan Africa reveals the marvelous achievements of unknown artists over thousands of years. Their aesthetic ideal finds form in wood, ivory, fabric, bronze and iron. This illustrated study of traditional African art includes pieces from Western Sudan, the Congolese Basin, the Guinea coast, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and East and South Africa. Each piece is characterized by its own traditions and artistic forms. The earliest works date from the beginning of the first millennium, the most recent from the early 20th century. Unique and rare examples are documented, many heretofore virtually unknown.


Traditional African Art

Traditional African Art

Author: Avner Shakarov

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-07-06

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 0786498749

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The art of sub-Saharan Africa reveals the marvelous achievements of unknown artists over thousands of years. Their aesthetic ideal finds form in wood, ivory, fabric, bronze and iron. This illustrated study of traditional African art includes pieces from Western Sudan, the Congolese Basin, the Guinea coast, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and East and South Africa. Each piece is characterized by its own traditions and artistic forms. The earliest works date from the beginning of the first millennium, the most recent from the early 20th century. Unique and rare examples are documented, many heretofore virtually unknown.


Speaking of Objects

Speaking of Objects

Author: Constantine Petridis

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2020-11-10

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0300254326

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A lavishly illustrated selection of highlights from the Art Institute of Chicago’s extraordinary collection of the arts of Africa Featuring a selection of more than 75 works of traditional African art in the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection, this stunning volume includes objects in a wide variety of media from regions across the continent. Essays and catalogue entries by leading art historians and anthropologists attend closely to the meanings and materials of the works themselves in addition to fleshing out original contexts. These experts also underscore the ways in which provenance and collection history are important to understanding how we view such objects today. Celebrating the Art Institute’s collection of traditional African art as one of the oldest and most diverse in the United States, this is a fresh and engaging look at current research into the arts of Africa as well as the potential of future scholarship.


Drawing on Culture

Drawing on Culture

Author: Dave Kobrenski

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12-15

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780982668931

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In Drawing on Culture, artist and ethnomusicologist Dave Kobrenski explores traditional cultures from around the world. West Africa is the first in the series and consists of more than 30 artworks done on location while traveling through villages along the Niger River in Guinée. Through detailed field drawings accompanied by his own notes, Kobrenski provides a glimpse into the lives and culture of a people maintaining their ancient traditions, even as the modern world encroaches.


Arts of Africa

Arts of Africa

Author: Grimaldi Forum (Monaco, Monaco)

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13:

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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.


Traditional African Designs

Traditional African Designs

Author: Gregory Mirow

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0486296229

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Over 200 pieces of clip art from various countries in Africa, including representations of people, animals, designs, borders, plants and jewelery. A resource for graphic design and collage, or as a source of jewelry design.


African Art

African Art

Author: Frank Willett

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13:

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"An indispensable part of the history of the skills and ideas of mankind." Scientific American.


Africa Explores

Africa Explores

Author: Susan Mullin Vogel

Publisher: Prestel Publishing

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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Deelnemende kunstenaars o.a.: Cheri Samba, Iba Ndiaye, Sokari Douglas, Ouattara, Tshyela Ntendu, Mode Muntu, Kivuthi Mbuno, Koffi Kouakou, Trigo Piula, Moke.


The Language of Beauty in African Art

The Language of Beauty in African Art

Author: Constantine Petridis

Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago

Published: 2022-03-08

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780300260045

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This ambitious publication centers indigenous perspectives on traditional artworks from Africa by focusing on the judgments and vocabularies of members of the communities who created and used them. It explores cross-cultural affinities spanning the African continent while respecting local contexts; it also documents an exhibition that is extraordinary in scope and scale. The project's overriding goal is to reconsider Western evaluations of these arts in both aesthetic and financial terms. The volume features nearly 300 works from collections around the world and from the important holdings of the Art Institute of Chicago. Although it emphasizes the sculptural legacy of sub-Saharan cultures from West and Central Africa, it also includes examples of artistic traditions associated with eastern and southern Africa as well as textiles and objects designed for domestic, ritual, and decorative functions.00Exhibition: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA (03.04. - 31.07.2022) / Art Institute of Chicago, USA (20.11.2022 - 27.02.2023).