Download or read book An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art written by Philip John Crosskey Dark and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1982 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sculptures written by Musée du quai Branly and published by Reunion Des Musees Nationaux. This book was released on 2001 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pending the opening of the Musee du Quai Branly in 2004, this Pavillon des Sessions display represents the first step towards realising the ambition stated by the President of the Republic: namely to endow France with a modern institution dedicated to the arts and civilisations of Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands and the Americas."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Perfect Documents written by Virginia-Lee Webb and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2000 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Royal Art of Benin written by Kate Ezra and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1992 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tantalizing trivia. this Hitler, spoiling everything?"

Download or read book The Art of Africa written by Christa Clarke and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2006 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A CD-ROM and DVD set extracted from the 'The Art of Africa: A Resource for Educators.' The CD-ROM "contains a PDF of 'The Art of Africa: A Resource for Educators, ' which features forty traditional works of African art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It includes a brief overview of the Metropolitan's collection of African art; a short introduction and history of Africa; an explanation of the role of visual expression in the continent; descriptions of the featured works of art and background about the materials and techniques that were used to created them ... The DVD, 'Ci Wara Invocation, ' "presents the highlights of a dozen ci wara performances in Bamana communities in present-day Mali that were recorded by five different observers between 1970-2002. Among the Bamana, oral traditions credit a mythical being named Ci Wara, a divine being half mortal and half antelope, with the introduction of agriculture to the Bamana. The ci wara performances are part of biannual celebrations that either launch or conclude the farming season."--Container

Download or read book The Nelson A Rockefeller Vision Arts of Africa Oceania and the Americas written by Alisa LaGamma and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Bulletin and the exhibition it accompanies, "The Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision: In Pursuit of the Best in Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas," reflect on an extraordinary act of philanthropy that was also a catalyst for momentous change in the art world. In establishing the Museum of Primitive Art (MPA) in 1956—the precursor to what is today the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (AAOA) at the Metropolitan Museum—Nelson Rockefeller was a true pioneer, assembling what remains the greatest collection of fine art from these disparate fields. Perhaps even more important than this singular achievement, however, was Rockefeller's long campaign to place his collection at the Metropolitan Museum as a gift to the city and to the world, which he finally achieved in 1969 after nearly forty years of effort. Rockefeller's gift carried the unequivocal message that artists from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas are equal in every respect to those of their peers across the globe and throughout history. Yet until that time there was, famously, skepticism in the Western art world on this point as well as resistance from earlier generations of Metropolitan directors in viewing non-Western art as part of the institution's mission. Relying on his formidable powers of persuasion, Rockefeller eventually brokered an agreement to transfer the collections, staff, and library of the of the MPA to the Metropolitan, an astounding triumph that fundamentally changed the character of the museum, making the collections truly encyclopedic.

Download or read book Katalog Des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz written by Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lega Culture Art Initiation and Moral Philosophy Among a Central African People written by Daniel P. Biebuyck and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Highland boy discovers he has the gift of Second Sight.

Download or read book Catalogue written by Warburg Institute. Library and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book African Images written by Boston University. African Studies Center and published by New York : [Published by] Africana Publishing Company, for the African Studies Center, Boston University. This book was released on 1975 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Directory of Museums Living Displays written by Kenneth Hudson and published by Springer. This book was released on 1985-06-18 with total page 1067 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book An Introduction to Benin Art and Technology written by Philip John Crosskey Dark and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1973 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Affinities of Form written by Diane Pelrine and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is both a study of the art of collecting and a look at the objects in the Wielgus collection of arts from Africa, Oceania and the Americas. The book examines the motives that led Raymond Wielgus to become a collector, and puts the Wielgus collection i

Download or read book Directory of Museums written by Kenneth Hudson and published by Springer. This book was released on 1975-06-18 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Eternal Ancestors written by Barbara Drake Boehm and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2007 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Many masterpieces of central African sculpture were created to amplify the power of sacred relics that affirm a family's vital connection to its ancestral heritage. This important volume, focusing on some 130 works representing a diverse variety of regional genres, illuminates the purpose and significance of these icons of African art, which first came to prominence because of their appeal to the Western avant-garde. While providing an overview of sources ranging from colonial explorers, missionaries, critics, artists, and art historians, the book breaks new ground in its examination of the complex aesthetic and spiritual dimensions of the reliquaries. Its interdisciplinary approach brings together the perspectives of scholars in African and medieval art history along with those in African history, religion, and ethnography." -- Publisher.

Download or read book For Spirits and Kings written by Susan Mullin Vogel and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1981 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: