Art History In Africa

Author : J. Vansina
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317869023

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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.

Author : J. Vansina
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317869030

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Art History in Africa by J. Vansina Pdf

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.

Author : Monica Blackmun Visonà,Robin Poynor,Herbert M. Cole,Michael D. Harris
Publisher : Discontinued 3pd
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art, African
ISBN : UCSD:31822034340372

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A History of Art in Africa by Monica Blackmun Visonà,Robin Poynor,Herbert M. Cole,Michael D. Harris Pdf

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.

Author : Jan Vansina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Art, African
ISBN : 0052643670

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Art History in Africa by Jan Vansina Pdf

Author : Bénédicte Savoy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-09-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691264912

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Africa's Struggle for Its Art by Bénédicte Savoy Pdf

A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers For decades, African nations have fought for the return of countless works of art stolen during the colonial era and placed in Western museums. In Africa's Struggle for Its Art, Bénédicte Savoy brings to light this largely unknown but deeply important history. One of the world's foremost experts on restitution and cultural heritage, Savoy investigates extensive, previously unpublished sources to reveal that the roots of the struggle extend much further back than prominent recent debates indicate, and that these efforts were covered up by myriad opponents. Shortly after 1960, when eighteen former colonies in Africa gained independence, a movement to pursue repatriation was spearheaded by African intellectual and political classes. Savoy looks at pivotal events, including the watershed speech delivered at the UN General Assembly by Zaire's president, Mobutu Sese Seko, which started the debate regarding restitution of colonial-era assets and resulted in the first UN resolution on the subject. She examines how German museums tried to withhold information about their inventory and how the British Parliament failed to pass a proposed amendment to the British Museum Act, which protected the country's collections. Savoy concludes in the mid-1980s, when African nations enacted the first laws focusing on the protection of their cultural heritage. Making the case for why restitution is essential to any future relationship between African countries and the West, Africa's Struggle for Its Art will shape conversations around these crucial issues for years to come.

Author : Gitti Salami,Monica Blackmun Visona
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781444338379

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A Companion to Modern African Art by Gitti Salami,Monica Blackmun Visona Pdf

Offering a wealth of perspectives on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this new Companion features essays by African, European, and North American authors who assess the work of individual artists as well as exploring broader themes such as discoveries of new technologies and globalization. A pioneering continent-based assessment of modern art and modernity across Africa Includes original and previously unpublished fieldwork-based material Features new and complex theoretical arguments about the nature of modernity and Modernism Addresses a widely acknowledged gap in the literature on African Art

Author : Diana Seave Greenwald
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691214948

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Painting by Numbers by Diana Seave Greenwald Pdf

A pathbreaking history of art that uses digital research and economic tools to reveal enduring inequities in the formation of the art historical canon Painting by Numbers presents a groundbreaking blend of art historical and social scientific methods to chart, for the first time, the sheer scale of nineteenth-century artistic production. With new quantitative evidence for more than five hundred thousand works of art, Diana Seave Greenwald provides fresh insights into the nineteenth century, and the extent to which art historians have focused on a limited—and potentially biased—sample of artwork from that time. She addresses long-standing questions about the effects of industrialization, gender, and empire on the art world, and she models more expansive approaches for studying art history in the age of the digital humanities. Examining art in France, the United States, and the United Kingdom, Greenwald features datasets created from indices and exhibition catalogs that—to date—have been used primarily as finding aids. From this body of information, she reveals the importance of access to the countryside for painters showing images of nature at the Paris Salon, the ways in which time-consuming domestic responsibilities pushed women artists in the United States to work in lower-prestige genres, and how images of empire were largely absent from the walls of London’s Royal Academy at the height of British imperial power. Ultimately, Greenwald considers how many works may have been excluded from art historical inquiry and shows how data can help reintegrate them into the history of art, even after such pieces have disappeared or faded into obscurity. Upending traditional perspectives on the art historical canon, Painting by Numbers offers an innovative look at the nineteenth-century art world and its legacy.

Author : Peter S. Garlake
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 0192842617

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Early Art and Architecture of Africa by Peter S. Garlake Pdf

This new history of over 5,000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art, Garlake focuses on seven key regions--southern Africa, Nubia, Aksum, the Niger River, West Africa, Great Zimbabwe, and the East African coast--treating each in detail and setting them in their social and historical context. Garlake is long familiar with and has extensive practical experience of both the archaeology and the art history of Africa. Using the latest research and archaeological findings, he offers exciting new insights into the works native to these areas, and he also puts forth new interpretations of several key cultures and monuments. Acknowledging the universal allure of the African art object, this stunning book helps us to understand more about the ways in which this art was produced, used, and received.

Author : Pamela McClusky,Robert Farris Thompson,Seattle Art Museum
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 0691092753

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Art from Africa by Pamela McClusky,Robert Farris Thompson,Seattle Art Museum Pdf

"The authors draw on personal memories, interviews, and oral narratives to present twelve "case histories" of objects--or clusters of objects-- in the Seatle Art Museum's renowned collection of African art."

Author : Judith Perani,Fred. T. Smith
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015050817587

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The Visual Arts of Africa by Judith Perani,Fred. T. Smith Pdf

Special features of this book: follows a geographical organization across the continent; each chapter is reader friendly with clear, accessible sub-headings; represents important religious and utilitarian art traditions from the Sahara desert, West Africa, Central Africa, Northeast Africa, Eastern Africa, and Southern Africa; gives special attention to the themes of gender, power, and life cycle rituals, which frequently intersect with one another to form an understanding of the arts of Africa; includes figurative sculpture, masquerades, architecture, textiles, dress, ceramics, wall painting, and leatherwork traditions; includes selected examples of the earliest known documented art works as well as contemporary art of each geographical region; includes an up-to-date bibliography, incorporating recent published field research for each chapter; and features 369 black and white illustrations, 16 colored plates, maps, and a time line.

Author : Aditi Ohri,Julie Crooks,Alexandra Kelebay,Cheryl Thompson,Emilie Boone,Deanna Bowen,Carol Bernadette Duncan,Mercelie Dionne-Petit,Christiana Abraham,Adrienne R. Johnson,Krys Verrall,Alice Ming Wai Jim,Andrea Fatona
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : Africans
ISBN : 1553223659

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Towards an African Canadian Art History by Aditi Ohri,Julie Crooks,Alexandra Kelebay,Cheryl Thompson,Emilie Boone,Deanna Bowen,Carol Bernadette Duncan,Mercelie Dionne-Petit,Christiana Abraham,Adrienne R. Johnson,Krys Verrall,Alice Ming Wai Jim,Andrea Fatona Pdf

This is the first book to consoloidate the field of African Canadian Art History. In this book, the authors argue for an African Canadian Art History that can simultaneously examine the artistic contributions of black Canadian artists within their unique historical contexts, critique the colonial representation of black subjects by white artists, and contest the customary racial homogeneity of Canadian Art History. Challenging the traditional notions of artistic value, this book examines art, artists, and visual and material culture from the eighteenth century to the present, analyzing "high," "low," and popular art across various media, with a focus to offer a new perspective on Canadian Art History.

Author : Christa Clarke,Rebecca Arkenberg
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588391902

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The Art of Africa by Christa Clarke,Rebecca Arkenberg Pdf

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

Author : Newark Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art
ISBN : 0932828175

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Arts of Global Africa by Newark Museum Pdf

"This book is published in conjunction with the centennial of the Newark Museum's African art collection and the opening of a new long-term gallery installation, Arts of Global Africa (November 2017)"--Colophon.

Author : Werner Gillon
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015034693773

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A Short History of African Art by Werner Gillon Pdf

"Werner Gillon examines the major influences on African culture and art over the centuries: the civilizations of Egypt and the Mediterranean coast, the spread of Islam, the Bantu migrations, the evolution of the tribal system, the arrival of the Europeans and Christianity and the development of trade within Africa and beyond. He then examines the earliest known art forms, the astonishing prehistoric rock art found in a number of regions and the sophisticated artefacts of the ancient Nubian, Aksumite and Nok cultures, and goes on to consider the development of the visual arts in a number of individual regions ranging from the Sahara to the Cape from Ethiopia and the Swahili coast in the east to the Niger Delta and Benin in the West."--Publisher's description

Author : Grimaldi Forum (Monaco, Monaco)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015062620003

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Arts of Africa by Grimaldi Forum (Monaco, Monaco) Pdf

"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.