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What Is African Art?

Author : Peter Probst
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022679315X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book What Is African Art? written by Peter Probst and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Art History in Africa

Author : J. Vansina
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317869036
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Art History in Africa written by J. Vansina and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a pioneering introduction to a subject that is still at an early srage of academic development. It aims to provide the reader with a systematic method for the historical understanding of African art. Professor Vansina considers the medium, technique, style and meaning of art objects and examines the creative process through which they come into being. Numerous photographs and drawings illustrate his arguments, and help to explain the changes that have taken place.

Arts of Africa

Author : Grimaldi Forum (Monaco, Monaco)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Arts of Africa written by Grimaldi Forum (Monaco, Monaco) and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This beautifully illustrated volume highlights all the rich diversity of African cultures through a meaningful selection of masterpieces of traditional African art."--Global Books in Print.

A Short History of African Art

Author : Werner Gillon
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780140225082
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of African Art written by Werner Gillon and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A comprehensive history of the visual arts of Africa - sculpture, painting and architecture; textiles, pottery and other household objects; jewellery, ceremonial and religious dress and body art."--BOOK COVER.

A History of Art in Africa

Author : Monica Blackmun Visonà
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780136128724
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book A History of Art in Africa written by Monica Blackmun Visonà and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2008 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Informed by the latest scholarship yet written for the general reader, this has been the first comprehensive study to present the arts of Africa in art historical terms. A History of Art in Africa covers all parts of the continent, including Egypt, from prehistory to the present day and includes the art of the African Diaspora. Many aspects of visual culture are given detailed consideration, including sculpture, architecture, and such quintessentially African forms as masquerades, festivals, and personal adornment. The arts of daily life, of royal ceremony, and of state cosmology receive compelling discussions. Throughout, the authors emphasize the cultural contexts in which art is produced and imbued with meanings." "Among the ancient works illustrated are masterpieces in brass, gold, ivory, stone and terracotta. Religious arts serving Islamic and Christian communities are presented, as are fascinating hybrid arts that periodically arose from African interactions with Europe, Asia and the Americas. Twentieth-century arts are explored as part of the vibrancy of modern Africa and as ingenious responses to historical change. 'Twenty-first-century African artists, and artists of the African Diaspora, are presented in the context of changing global economies and new theoretical positions." "This expanded and revised second edition provides a new chapter on African artists working abroad, and five new short essays on cross-cultural topics such as tourist arts, dating methods, and the illicit trade in archaeological artifacts. The illustrations - featuring a vast and rich array of images of artworks, archival and contemporary field photographs, explanatory drawings and plans, and individual objects displayed in museums and in use - have likewise been greatly extended, with many more pictures now shown in color."--BOOK JACKET.

A Shared Heritage

Author : William Edward Taylor
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780936260624
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book A Shared Heritage written by William Edward Taylor and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... highly recommended... " --Choice This handsomely illustrated catalog presents the work of four African American artists with shared Indiana roots--John Wesley Hardrick, William Majors, William Edouard Scott, and Hale Aspacio Woodruff. Their art, ranging from impressionism and social realism to cubism and abstract expressionism, spans the major trends in 20th-century American art, while reflecting the artists' experiences as blacks in America.

African Art

Author : Brooklyn Museum
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783791343211
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (432 download)

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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

African Art & Culture

Author : Jane Bingham
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781410921055
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book African Art & Culture written by Jane Bingham and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the art of Africa including pottery, baskets, and wood carving and explains what we can learn about the culture of Africa while examining these art forms.

Contemporary African Art

Author : Sidney Littlefield Kasfir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500203286
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary African Art written by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir and published by . This book was released on 2000-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical history of the major themes and accomplishments of well-known and obscure African art over the past fifty years examines artists and the new avenues of creative expression in post-colonial Africa.

A History of Art in Africa

Author : Monica Blackmun Visonà
Publisher : Discontinued 3pd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book A History of Art in Africa written by Monica Blackmun Visonà and published by Discontinued 3pd. This book was released on 2001 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

African Art Reframed

Author : Bennetta Jules-Rosette
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252052153
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book African Art Reframed written by Bennetta Jules-Rosette and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once seen as a collection of artifacts and ritual objects, African art now commands respect from museums and collectors. Bennetta Jules-Rosette and J.R. Osborn explore the reframing of African art through case studies of museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Africa. The authors take a three-pronged approach. Part One ranges from curiosity cabinets to virtual websites to offer a history of ethnographic and art museums and look at their organization and methods of reaching out to the public. In the second part, the authors examine museums as ecosystems and communities within communities, and they use semiotic methods to analyze images, signs, and symbols drawn from the experiences of curators and artists. The third part introduces innovative strategies for displaying, disseminating, and reclaiming African art. The authors also propose how to reinterpret the art inside and outside the museum and show ways of remixing the results. Drawing on extensive conversations with curators, collectors, and artists, African Art Reframed is an essential guide to building new exchanges and connections in the dynamic worlds of African and global art.

Making History

Author : Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
Publisher : 5Continents
ISBN 13 : 9788874395712
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book Making History written by Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie and published by 5Continents. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of an African-owned collection of African artworks, including sculpture of Yoruba, Igbo, Urhobo, Cross River, Benin, and Benue River Valley origins.

The Heritage of African Art

Author : Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (826 download)

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Download or read book The Heritage of African Art written by Museum of African Art (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African Art in Cultural Perspective

Author : William Russell Bascom
Publisher : New York : Norton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book African Art in Cultural Perspective written by William Russell Bascom and published by New York : Norton. This book was released on 1973 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A general survey of African art as it reflects tribal and cultural influences.

Grass Roots

Author : Dale Rosengarten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grass Roots written by Dale Rosengarten and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art accompanies an exhibition of the same name produced by the Museum for African Art in New-York. The Museum is dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of African art and culture and is recognized worldwide as the foremost organizer of exhibitions and publisher of books devoted to historical and contemporary African art. Since its founding in 1984, the Museum has produced over fifty acclaimed exhibitions and catalogues examining Africa's rich artistic and cultural heritage."--BOOK JACKET.

Yoruba

Author : Henry John Drewal
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yoruba written by Henry John Drewal and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1989 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yoruba people of Nigeria and Benin, over 15 million strong, are heirs to one of the oldest and greatest artistic traditions in West Africa. This text offers a look at Yoruba civilization. Over 200 photographs illustrate rarely seen objects from museums and private collections.

Outliers and American Vanguard Art

Author : Lynne Cooke
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226522272
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Outliers and American Vanguard Art written by Lynne Cooke and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 250 works explore three distinct periods in American history when mainstream and outlier artists intersected, ushering in new paradigms based on inclusion, integration, and assimilation. The exhibition aligns work by such diverse artists as Charles Sheeler, Christina Ramberg, and Matt Mullican with both historic folk art and works by self-taught artists ranging from Horace Pippin to Janet Sobel and Joseph Yoakum. It also examines a recent influx of radically expressive work made on the margins that redefined the boundaries of the mainstream art world, while challenging the very categories of "outsider" and "self-taught." Historicizing the shifting identity and role of this distinctly American version of modernism's "other," the exhibition probes assumptions about creativity, artistic practice, and the role of the artist in contemporary culture. The exhibition is curated by Lynne Cooke, senior curator, special projects in modern art, National Gallery of Art.--Provided by publisher.