Download or read book The Minimal in African Art written by Donna Page and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book African Art in Detail written by Christopher Spring and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book African Art in the Cycle of Life written by Roy Sieber and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1987 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows examples of tomb figures, posts, ancestor figures, masks, chairs, stools, cups, boxes, and doors and describes the background of each work.

Download or read book Traditional African Art written by Avner Shakarov and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book African Art in Motion written by Robert Farris Thompson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book African Art written by Osa Egonwa and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book African Art written by Frank Willett and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1971 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An indispensable part of the history of the skills and ideas of mankind." Scientific American.

Download or read book Secrecy written by Mary Nooter Roberts and published by Museum for African Art/Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine. This book was released on 1993 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning collection of essays and photos of artwork, published by the Museum for African Art, 593 Broadway, New York, NY 10012, in conjunction with an exhibition organized and presented by the Museum. New interest has been ignited in looking at African art for its ideas--for the visual expression of "solutions that African civilizations have invented to problems that still vex us--problems of the environment, of healing, of social and spiritual strength and cohesion--these African ideas now attract and surprise with the power that African sculptural forms did in the early century..." (from the introductory essay). The theme of secrecy is profound and far reaching. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Micromonumentality written by Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter and published by 5Continents. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Micromonumentality is the first title in a series, Micro-Africa, that highlights the artistic and cultural value of miniature objects created in Africa. The first volume introduces the concept behind the series, offering a broad overview of objects and materials created and used by a large number of different African ethnic groups. With superb full-page photographs and close-ups of individual details, Micromonumentality extols the wealth of expression found in talismans, weights, boxes, containers, fetishes, jewels, and other objects made from wood, ivory, bone, bronze, iron, aluminum, and stone. None of these exceed 6 inches in height or length, and though they are indeed "microscopic," they are as expressive as much larger works, and "monumental" in their own right. Here, approximately 150 objects from a unique collection of 20,000 pieces represent the quintessence of African thought, religiosity, and prodigious formal inventiveness.

Download or read book The Backgrounds of African Art written by Melville Jean Herskovits and published by Biblo & Tannen Publishers. This book was released on 1967 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Minimal Aesthetic in Contemporary South African Art written by Suzanne Michele Kriek and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Material Differences written by Herman Burssens and published by Quo Vadis. This book was released on 2003 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Africa, the materials that are used to make objects of daily and ritual life are profoundly significant. Material is meaning. Material Differences: Art and Identity in Africa examines the different layers of meaning inherent in the material of each object. Many African cultures believe that mineral and organic materials contain supernatural powers that are associated with protection, healing or with leadership. Some of these materials-wood, ivory, stone, clay, or metals such as iron, copper alloys, and gold-are laden with symbolic significance. The exhibition and this publication investigate the numerous factors that lead to the choice of specific materials in the creation of works of art in sub-Saharan Africa." --Google Books.

Download or read book High Art Low Art Middle Art written by Janet Stanley and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Contemporary African Art written by dele jẹgẹdẹ and published by Indianapolis University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book African Art Looking Guide written by Neuberger Museum of Art and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reading the Contemporary written by Olu Oguibe and published by Gardners Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthology of writings on contemporary African visual culture.

Download or read book Insistent Presence Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection written by Margaret Nagawa and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive publication commemorating the Chazen Museum of Art's groundbreaking new collection of contemporary African art and its accompanying exhibition.