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African Art
Author | : Ezio Bassani |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 8857208699 |
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An illustrated study of African traditional figurative arts that reflects the continent's rich artistic and cultural heritage. The marvelous achievements of African artists over thousands of years are revealed in this book. The artworks range in date from the beginning of the first millennium all the way through the early twentieth century.
African Art
Author | : Brooklyn Museum,William Siegmann,Joseph Adande |
Publsiher | : Prestel Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 3791343211 |
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The 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
African Art
Author | : Daniel Texidor Parker |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : African American art |
ISBN | : 0974936707 |
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This is an incredible art book with historical documentation featuring over 200 illustrations of art by African and comtemporary American artists as well as works of art by artists from other countries.
Traditional African Art
Author | : Avner Shakarov,Lyubov Senatorova |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2015-06-14 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781476620039 |
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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.
African Art Reframed
Author | : Bennetta Jules-Rosette,J.R. Osborn |
Publsiher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2020-06-22 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780252052156 |
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Once seen as a collection of artifacts and ritual objects, African art now commands respect from museums and collectors. Bennetta Jules-Rosette and J.R. Osborn explore the reframing of African art through case studies of museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Africa. The authors take a three-pronged approach. Part One ranges from curiosity cabinets to virtual websites to offer a history of ethnographic and art museums and look at their organization and methods of reaching out to the public. In the second part, the authors examine museums as ecosystems and communities within communities, and they use semiotic methods to analyze images, signs, and symbols drawn from the experiences of curators and artists. The third part introduces innovative strategies for displaying, disseminating, and reclaiming African art. The authors also propose how to reinterpret the art inside and outside the museum and show ways of remixing the results. Drawing on extensive conversations with curators, collectors, and artists, African Art Reframed is an essential guide to building new exchanges and connections in the dynamic worlds of African and global art.
African Art in Detail
Author | : Christopher Spring |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0674036220 |
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This book opens with the question, What is African art? The answer is a brilliantly colorful and detailed look at the myriad materials and genres, forms and meanings, cultural contexts and expressions that comprise artistic traditions across this vast and varied continent. Viewing artworks in their contexts--ancient and modern, urban and rural, western and eastern, decorative and functional--the book is nothing less than a virtual tour of African culture. Masks, textiles, royal art, sculpture, ceramics, tools and weapons--in each instance, the book features examples that reveal the most significant aspects of workmanship, materials, and design in objects of wood, stone, ivory, clay, metalwork, featherwork, leather, basketwork, and cloth. Photographs of each piece alongside close-ups of fine details afford new views of these works and allow for intriguing comparisons between seemingly unrelated objects and media. The featured details evoke the hand and eye of the most accomplished craftspeople across Africa, past and present. In sum, these photographs, along with Chris Spring's enlightening commentary, offer an experience of African art that is at once broad and deep, richly informed and intimately felt. They are, at the same time, a kaleidoscopic view of art from prehistory to gestures prefiguring the future.
African American Art
Author | : Sharon F. Patton |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0192842137 |
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Discusses African American folk art, decorative art, photography, and fine arts.
African Art Now
Author | : Osei Bonsu |
Publsiher | : Ilex Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2022-10-06 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781781578902 |
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Over the past two decades contemporary African art has taken its rightful place on the world stage. Today, African artists work outside the confines of limiting categories and outdated perceptions; they produce art that is as much a reflection of Africa's tumultuous past as it is a vision of its boundless future. African Art Now is an expansive overview featuring some of the most interesting and innovative artists working today. Far-reaching in its scope, this book celebrates the diversity and dynamism of the contemporary African art scene across the continent today. Featuring the work of Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Michael Armitage, Amoako Boafo, Cassi Namoda, Cinga Samson, Zina Saro-Wiwa and many more.