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Author: Jean Baptiste Bacquart
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2002-09-24
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0500282315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work displays and defines the fruits of thousands of years of black African creative endeavour. All the objects included were made by Africans for their own use, spanning a period from the beginning of the first millennium to the early 20th century, before the commercial production of art aimed at the tourist trade.
Author: Brooklyn Museum
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783791343211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Brooklyn Museum was one of the first North American institutions to collect and exhibit African material culture as art rather than artifact. Today the museum's collection numbers more than six thousand pieces and is noted for its artistic quality and educational value, as well as a breadth and depth that would be impossible to achieve today. Ancient as well as contemporary art is included in the collection's vast holdings, while the figurative sculpture and masks of Central Africa comprise its most significant focus. Nearly two hundred of those pieces are featured in this large-format compendium, which includes essays by the museum's curator of African art and a leading scholar on the subject. Taking readers through a cultural exploration of the continent, the collection encompasses regions from Western Sudan and the Southwestern Congo to the Equatorial Forest and Ethiopia. Carefully photographed and presented in luminous colour, these pieces create a stunning introduction to the rich traditions of African art and culture. AUTHORS: William Siegman served as the Brooklyn Museum's curator of African and Oceanic art from 1987 until his retirement in 2007. He is currently a consulting curator with the Saint Louis Art Museum. Joseph Adande lectures at the National University of Benin, Abomey-Calavi. He was the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Kevin D. Dumouchelle is Interim Assistant Curator of the Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands at the Brooklyn Museum. ILLUSTRATIONS 235 images
Author: Jean-Baptiste Bacquart
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780500282311
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA survey of more than two millennia of African art describes the society and culture of forty-nine African tribes and presents seven hundred examples of their art, from ritualistic items to common utensils.
Author: William Buller Fagg
Publisher:
Published: 1965
Total Pages: 278
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on the exhibition Africa: 100 Stm̃me, 100 Meisterwerke, sponsored by the Congress for Cultural Freedom at the Berlin Festival, 1964./ Includes bibliography.
Author: Dallas Museum of Art
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis beautifully illustrated book showcases 110 objects from the Dallas Museum of Art's world-renowned African collection. In contrast to Western "art for art's sake," tradition-based African art served as an agent of religion, social stability, or social control. Chosen both for their visual appeal and their compelling histories and cultural significance, the works of art are presented under the themes of leadership and status; the cycle of life; decorative arts; and influences (imported and exported). Also included are many fascinating photographs that show the context in which these objects were originally used. Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art
Author: Hans Silvester
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Published: 2009-03-24
Total Pages: 170
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the course of numerous voyages to Africa's Omo Valley, Hans Silvester became fascinated by the beauty of the Surma, Mursi, Hamer and Kurma tribes, who share a taste for body painting and extravagant decorations borrowed from nature. This collection of photographs captures these accoutrements.
Author: Werner Gillon
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9780140225082
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A comprehensive history of the visual arts of Africa - sculpture, painting and architecture; textiles, pottery and other household objects; jewellery, ceremonial and religious dress and body art."--BOOK COVER.
Author: Yves Le Fur
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Published: 2017-10-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 2080203193
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough works of art, photographs, and writings, this volume explores Picasso’s fascination with tribal art and the influences he repeatedly drew upon for his own oeuvre. “African art? I don’t know it.” With this provocative tone, Picasso tried to deny his relationship with art from outside of Europe. However, through hundreds of archival documents and photographs, this volume illustrates how tribal art from Africa, Oceania, the Americas, and Asia was a recurring source of inspiration for the artist. Side-by-side comparisons illustrate the links between Picasso’s oeuvre and diverse tribal arts. In both, we find the same themes—nudity, sexuality, impulses, death, and more—along with parallel artistic expressions of those themes—such as disfiguration or destruction of the body. The volume is completed with a chronology of the relevant works and photographs of the artist in his studio.
Author: William A. Fagaly
Publisher: Scala Books
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781857596984
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst comprehensive book on the extraordinary collection of African Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art, considered one of the best in the United States.
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.
