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.
Sculpture is the chief means through which the earliest African artists expressed themselves. The human figure, evocative of real or symbolic key people in the community or entities
facilitating contact with the supernatural, is almost exclusively the subject matter. This vast world of African sculpture is the result of an evolutionary process based on a rich history and a
diversity that derive from a seriesof migrations, wars, and alliances.
During the last century, the African continent has experienced radical social, political, economic, and religious transformations. Inevitably, this has brought about a change in Africa's
expressive forms, which retain fewer and fewer ties with those of the past.
The aim of this work is to exhaustively present the traditional figurative arts of Africa and to concisely explain their distinguishing historical, formal, symbolic, and functional
characteristics.
Table of Contents: Introduction; African sculpture history and dating; Attribution; Cultures of Sudan; Cultures of Mali; Cultures of Nigeria; Afro-Portuguese and hybrid
ivories; Everyday objects; Variety and purpose; Different solutions; Bibliography
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Mark Grotjahn: Painted Sculpture
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Ad Reinhardt
$2,625 -
The Book of Wonder
$1,398 -
Tapestry Production, Restoration and Conservation: 125 Years of De Wit-royal Manufacturers of Tapestry
$5,625 -
John Singer Sargent Complete Catalogue of Paintings Cumulative Index
$1,800 -
Arts and the Uprising in Egypt: The Making of a Culture of Dissent?
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Kiki Smith
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Patrick Scott: Image Space Light
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Federico Uribe: Watch the Parade 2017
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Rhetorical Aesthetics: Twentieth-century Chinese Arts in the Context of Culture
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Zeng Fanzhi: Catalogue Raisonné
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Kevin Schmidt
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Life Is Work: Kaneto Shindo and the Art of Directing, Screenwriting, and Living 100 Years Without Regrets
$803 -
Sylvia Sleigh
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The Illustrated Guide to the Luxor Museum of Ancient Art and the Nubia Museum of Aswan: With the Luxor Mummification Museum and
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Elyn Zimmerman: Sculpture
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An American Close to Paris: Longpont-sur-Orge
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Hans Khevenhüller at the Court of Philip II of Spain: Diplomacy & Consumerism in a Global Empire
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Seals and Talismans
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Bas Jan Ader: In Search of the Miraculous - Discovery File 143/76
$1,575