Art Criticism And Africa
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Art Criticism And Africa
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Author : Katy Deepwell
language : en
Publisher: Eastern Art Publishing
Release Date : 1998
Art Criticism And Africa written by Katy Deepwell and has been published by Eastern Art Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Art categories.
Part of African Art and Society Series, this book focuses on contemporary art and art criticism in Africa in general and in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt in particular.
Art Criticism Africa And The West
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Author : Olu Oguibe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Art Criticism Africa And The West written by Olu Oguibe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Art criticism categories.
A History Of Art In Africa
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Author : Monica Blackmun Visonà
language : en
Publisher: Discontinued 3pd
Release Date : 2001
A History Of Art In Africa written by Monica Blackmun Visonà and has been published by Discontinued 3pd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art, African categories.
Informed by the latest scholarship yet written for the general reader, this is the first comprehensive book to present the arts of Africa in art-historical terms. The authors treat individual pieces as tangible manifestations of changing beliefs and customs, as products of complex cultural interactions, as expressions of historical and economic realities, and as creations of gifted individuals, and in so doing brilliantly offer up African art on its own terms. Organized in five major parts, A History of Art in Africa covers every corner of the continent, including Egypt, from prehistory to the present day and includes the art of the African diaspora. The Islamic influence and the Christian arts of Ethiopia and Nubia are treated as fully African expressions, as are tourist arts and the fascinating hybrid art that periodically arose from interaction with Europe. All art forms are given equal consideration: from such familiar categories as sculpture to such quintessentially African forms as masquerades, festivals, and personal and domestic adornment. The arts of daily life, of royal ceremony, and of state cosmology also receive compelling discussions. And throughout, the authors emphasize the cultural contexts in which art is produced and imbued with meaning. Contemporary art forms are explored both as part of the living splendors of modern Africa and as ingenious responses to the experience of diaspora. The illustrations present a vast and rich range of images, including superb colorplates of artworks, archival and contemporary field photographs, explanatory drawings and plans, and individual objects displayed in museums and in use. Book jacket.
What Is African Art
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Author : Peter Probst
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2022-12-06
What Is African Art written by Peter Probst and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-06 with Art categories.
A history of the evolving field of African art. Peter Probst offers the first book to explore the invention and development of African art as an art historical category. He starts his exploration with a simple question: What do we actually talk about when we talk about African art? By confronting the historically shifting answers to this question, Probst identifies the notion of African art as a conceptual vessel whose changing content manifests wider societal transformations. The perspective is a pragmatic and relational one. Rather than providing an affirmative answer to what African art is and what local meanings it has, Probst shows how the works labeled as "African art" figure in the historical processes and social interactions that constitute the Africanist art world. What Is African Art? covers three key stages in the field's history. Starting with the late-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century, Probst focuses on the role of museums, collectors, and photography in disseminating visual culture and considers how early anthropologists, artists, and art historians imbued objects with values that reflected ideas of the time. He then explores the remaking of the field at the dawn of African independence with the shift towards contemporary art and the rise of Black Atlantic studies in the 1970s and 1980s. Finally, he examines the postcolonial reconfiguration of the field driven by questions of heritage, reparation, and representation. Probst looks to the future, arguing that, if the study of African art is to move in productive new directions, we must look to how the field is evolving within Africa.
Critical Imperatives
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Author : Anthony Downey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Critical Imperatives written by Anthony Downey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art criticism categories.
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
Beyond Aesthetics
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Author : Wole Soyinka
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-21
Beyond Aesthetics written by Wole Soyinka and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-21 with Art categories.
An intimate reflection on culture and tradition, creativity and power, that draws on a lifetime’s commitment to aesthetic encounter The playwright, poet, essayist, novelist, and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is also a longtime art collector. This book of essays offers a glimpse into the motivations of the collector, as well as a highly personal look at the politics of aesthetics and collecting. Detailing moments of first encounter with objects that drew him in and continue to affect him, Soyinka describes a world of mortals, muses, and deities that imbue the artworks with history and meaning. Beyond Aesthetics is a passionate discussion of the role of identity, tradition, and originality in making, collecting, and exhibiting African art today. Soyinka considers objects that have stirred controversy, and he decries dogmatic efforts—whether colonial or religious—to suppress Africa’s artistic traditions. By turns poetic, provocative, and humorous, Soyinka affirms the power of collecting to reclaim tradition. He urges African artists, filmmakers, collectors, and curators to engage with their aesthetic and cultural histories.
Media Primitivism
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Author : Delinda Collier
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2020-09-18
Media Primitivism written by Delinda Collier and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-18 with Art categories.
In Media Primitivism Delinda Collier provides a sweeping new understanding of technological media in African art, rethinking the assumptions that have conceptualized African art as unmediated, primary, and natural. Collier responds to these preoccupations by exploring African artworks that challenge these narratives. From one of the first works of electronic music, Halim El-Dabh’s Ta’abir Al-Zaar (1944), and Souleymane Cissé's 1987 film, Yeelen, to contemporary digital art, Collier argues that African media must be understood in relation to other modes of transfer and transmutation that have significant colonial and postcolonial histories, such as extractive mining and electricity. Collier reorients modern African art within a larger constellation of philosophies of aesthetics and technology, demonstrating how pivotal artworks transcend the distinctions between the constructed and the elemental, thereby expanding ideas about mediation and about what African art can do.
Aspects Of South African Art Criticism
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Author : Leoni Schmidt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Aspects Of South African Art Criticism written by Leoni Schmidt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.
The Arts Of Africa At The Dallas Museum Of Art
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Author : Dallas Museum of Art
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Arts Of Africa At The Dallas Museum Of Art written by Dallas Museum of Art and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Architecture categories.
This 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