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Book Synopsis Masks of Black Africa by : Ladislas Segy
Download or read book Masks of Black Africa written by Ladislas Segy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictures grotesques, masks, and headdresses of various African tribes as well as exploring the psychological and ideological meaning, and ritual function of masks
Book Synopsis African Masks by : Iris Hahner-Herzog
Download or read book African Masks written by Iris Hahner-Herzog and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance.
Book Synopsis Can You Spot the Leopard? by : Christine Stelzig
Download or read book Can You Spot the Leopard? written by Christine Stelzig and published by Prestel Junior. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes different types of ceremonial African masks, how and why they are made, and how they reflect the culture of their ethnic groups.
Download or read book Spirits Speak written by Peter Stepan and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spirits Speak presents a selection of the most important African masks found in major museums and renowned private collections around the globe: an overview such as has never been compiled in this way before. Artistic mastery, charisma, age and authenticity were paramount selection criteria with only the very best examples representing each well-known mask type. An introductory essay elucidates the conceptual intricacies and varying functions of the masks and sweeps away deep-rooted misunderstandings. Enlightening commentaries offer background information about the function and origins of each mask's use within the ethnic groups from which they originate, and a foldout map places them in their original geographical context."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The African Mask written by Janet Rupert and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Layo, a Yoruba girl living in the area of eleventh-century Africa which is now Nigeria, attempts to reject the man who has been chosen to be her husband.
Book Synopsis African Masks by : Iris Hahner-Herzog
Download or read book African Masks written by Iris Hahner-Herzog and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance.
Book Synopsis Cut and Make African Masks in Full Color by : A. G. Smith
Download or read book Cut and Make African Masks in Full Color written by A. G. Smith and published by Dover Publications. This book was released on 1992-01-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step-by-step instructions to create six African masks based on actural tribal artifacts.
Download or read book Persona written by Anne-Marie Bouttiaux and published by 5Continents. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With images of African masks alongside contemporary African art, this book presents an original look at the role of the mask in African culture. Based on an exhibition of 180 masks and works by contemporary African artists, it offers a new interpretation of the mask as the universal object that both hides and reveals.
Download or read book Black Africa written by Laure Meyer and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificently illustrated book covers each medium or craft in turn and examines in a clear and accessible manner the entire range of Black African art from aesthetic and ethnological points of view.
Download or read book African Masks written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These teacher materials emphasize African cosmology, which sees an essential division between the village and the bush, or wilderness. The village is the human world of law, family and agriculture. The bush is the domain of wild animals and powerful, unruly spirits. Masquerades allow the villages to temporarily harness the power of the bush spirits, to use for the purposes of civilization. The Cleveland Museum of Art houses many masks from West Africa; magnificent objects that form the core of this lesson. We appreciate these masks and headdresses for their symbolism and the abstract beauty of their design. However, the African art of the mask extends far beyond the mask itself. It is also the performance of music, dance, and storytelling that come together in the masquerade. Both the teacher materials and the suggested extensions encourage the students to participate in elements of the masquerade. Movement, song and storytelling put the objects in context.
Download or read book African Masks written by Franco Monti and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis African Art in Detail by : Christopher Spring
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.
Book Synopsis The Art of African Masks by : Carol Finley
Download or read book The Art of African Masks written by Carol Finley and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how different types of masks are made and used in Africa and how they reflect the culture of their ethnic groups.
Download or read book African Art written by Brooklyn Museum and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brooklyn Museum was one of the first North American institutions to collect and exhibit African material culture as art rather than artifact. Today the museum's collection numbers more than six thousand pieces and is noted for its artistic quality and educational value, as well as a breadth and depth that would be impossible to achieve today. Ancient as well as contemporary art is included in the collection's vast holdings, while the figurative sculpture and masks of Central Africa comprise its most significant focus. Nearly two hundred of those pieces are featured in this large-format compendium, which includes essays by the museum's curator of African art and a leading scholar on the subject. Taking readers through a cultural exploration of the continent, the collection encompasses regions from Western Sudan and the Southwestern Congo to the Equatorial Forest and Ethiopia. Carefully photographed and presented in luminous colour, these pieces create a stunning introduction to the rich traditions of African art and culture. AUTHORS: William Siegman served as the Brooklyn Museum's curator of African and Oceanic art from 1987 until his retirement in 2007. He is currently a consulting curator with the Saint Louis Art Museum. Joseph Adande lectures at the National University of Benin, Abomey-Calavi. He was the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Kevin D. Dumouchelle is Interim Assistant Curator of the Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands at the Brooklyn Museum. ILLUSTRATIONS 235 images
Download or read book Congo Masks written by Viviane Baeke and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This splendid illustrated exploration of masks and masking ceremonies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo presents more than 130 outstanding wooden masks dating from the 18th to the 20th century. Visually stunning and spiritually charged, these objects connected wearers with their ancestors and were part of elaborate costumes used in ritual performances. Including some of the finest works of African art in private hands, this volume features masks from eleven distinct stylistic zones: Ukongo, Ukwango, Ukete, Ukuba, Urunda, Uruwa, Utanganyika, Umaniema, Uituri, Ubangi, and Umongo. Displaying an enormous diversity of materials, design, and craftsmanship, these masks reflect the wide range of natural resources available throughout the Congo region and illuminate the unique belief systems of local populations. Accessible and informative essays provide insight into these extraordinary objects and are enlivened by both new photography and archival images showing the ceremonial use of masks in early 20th-century Congo. Distributed for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition Schedule: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (11/10/18-02/18/19)
Book Synopsis Spirits Speak by : Prestel Publishing
Download or read book Spirits Speak written by Prestel Publishing and published by Prestel Pub. This book was released on 2006-01 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These miniature versions are packed with color, yet small enough to fit into a pocket. They're as inviting to the eye as they are to the wallet. And there are titles to suit every occasion, taste, and interest. These 'Minis' feature amazing artwork of all kinds, elegantly designed and packaged.
Book Synopsis African Masks and Shields Stickers by : Cal Massey
Download or read book African Masks and Shields Stickers written by Cal Massey and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteen peel-and-apply stickers of African masks and shields. Tribal identifications given.
