African Art In Detail
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African Art In Detail
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Author : Christopher Spring
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009
African Art In Detail written by Christopher Spring and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Art categories.
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 Art Close Up
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Author : Christopher Spring
language : en
Publisher: British museum Press
Release Date : 2015
African Art Close Up written by Christopher Spring and has been published by British museum Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Art, African categories.
A unique look at the global phenomenon that is African art, highlighting the most striking aspects of craftsmanship. materials and design.
Art History In Africa
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Author : J. Vansina
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-06
Art History In Africa written by J. Vansina and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-06 with History categories.
This is a pioneering introduction to a subject that is still at an early srage of academic development. It aims to provide the reader with a systematic method for the historical understanding of African art. Professor Vansina considers the medium, technique, style and meaning of art objects and examines the creative process through which they come into being. Numerous photographs and drawings illustrate his arguments, and help to explain the changes that have taken place.
A History Of Art In Africa
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Author : Monica Blackmun Visonà
language : en
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date : 2008
A History Of Art In Africa written by Monica Blackmun Visonà and has been published by Prentice Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
"Informed by the latest scholarship yet written for the general reader, this has been the first comprehensive study to present the arts of Africa in art historical terms. A History of Art in Africa covers all parts of the continent, including Egypt, from prehistory to the present day and includes the art of the African Diaspora. Many aspects of visual culture are given detailed consideration, including sculpture, architecture, and such quintessentially African forms as masquerades, festivals, and personal adornment. The arts of daily life, of royal ceremony, and of state cosmology receive compelling discussions. Throughout, the authors emphasize the cultural contexts in which art is produced and imbued with meanings." "Among the ancient works illustrated are masterpieces in brass, gold, ivory, stone and terracotta. Religious arts serving Islamic and Christian communities are presented, as are fascinating hybrid arts that periodically arose from African interactions with Europe, Asia and the Americas. Twentieth-century arts are explored as part of the vibrancy of modern Africa and as ingenious responses to historical change. 'Twenty-first-century African artists, and artists of the African Diaspora, are presented in the context of changing global economies and new theoretical positions." "This expanded and revised second edition provides a new chapter on African artists working abroad, and five new short essays on cross-cultural topics such as tourist arts, dating methods, and the illicit trade in archaeological artifacts. The illustrations - featuring a vast and rich array of images of artworks, archival and contemporary field photographs, explanatory drawings and plans, and individual objects displayed in museums and in use - have likewise been greatly extended, with many more pictures now shown in color."--BOOK JACKET.
Handbook Of West African Art
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Author : William Russell Bascom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
Handbook Of West African Art written by William Russell Bascom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Art categories.
African Art
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Author : Frank Willett
language : en
Publisher: [New York] : Praeger
Release Date : 1971
African Art written by Frank Willett and has been published by [New York] : Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Art, African categories.
Traditional Art Of The African Nations
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-06
Traditional Art Of The African Nations written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06 with categories.
African Textiles Today
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Author : Chris Spring
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2012-10-09
African Textiles Today written by Chris Spring and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-09 with Art categories.
African Textiles Today illustrates how African history is read, told, and recorded in cloth. All artifacts or works of art hold within them stories that range far beyond the time of their creation or the lifetime of their creator, and African textiles are patterned with these hidden histories. In Africa, cloth may be used to memorialize or commemorate something - an event, a person, a political cause - which in other parts of the world might be written down in detail or recorded by a plaque or monument. History in Africa can be read, told, and recorded in cloth. Making and trading numerous types of cloth have been vital elements in African life and culture for at least two millennia, linking different parts of the continent with each other and the rest of the world. Africa's long engagement with the peoples of the Mediterranean and the islands of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans provides a story of change and continuity. African Textiles Today shows how ideas, techniques, materials, and markets have adapted and flourished, and how the dynamic traditions in African textiles have provided inspiration for the continent's foremost contemporary artists and photographers. With a concluding chapter discussing the impact of African designs across the world, the book offers a fascinating insight into the living history of Africa.
A Companion To Modern African Art
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Author : Gitti Salami
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-12-24
A Companion To Modern African Art written by Gitti Salami and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-24 with Art categories.
Offering a wealth of perspectives on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this new Companion features essays by African, European, and North American authors who assess the work of individual artists as well as exploring broader themes such as discoveries of new technologies and globalization. A pioneering continent-based assessment of modern art and modernity across Africa Includes original and previously unpublished fieldwork-based material Features new and complex theoretical arguments about the nature of modernity and Modernism Addresses a widely acknowledged gap in the literature on African Art
African Art
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Author : Maurice Delafosse
language : en
Publisher: Parkstone International
Release Date : 2012-05-08
African Art written by Maurice Delafosse and has been published by Parkstone International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-08 with Art categories.
African Art invites you to explore the dynamic origins of the vast artistic expressions arising from the exotic and mystifying African continent. Since the discovery of African art at the end of the nineteenth century during the colonial expositions it has been a limitless source of inspiration for artists who, over time, have perpetually recreated these artworks. The power of Sub-Saharan African art lies within its visual diversity, demonstrating the creativity of the artists who are continuing to conceptualize new stylistic forms. From Mauritania to South Africa and from the Ivory Coast to Somalia, statues, masks, jewelry, pottery and tapestries compose a variety of daily and ritual objects springing from these richly varied societies.