Sahel Art And Empires On The Shores Of The Sahara

Author : Alisa LaGamma,Yaëlle Biro,Mamadou Cissé,David C. Conrad,Souleymane Bachir Diagne,Roderick McIntosh,Paulo F. de Moraes Farias,Giulia Paoletti,Ibrahima Thiaw
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588396877

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Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara by Alisa LaGamma,Yaëlle Biro,Mamadou Cissé,David C. Conrad,Souleymane Bachir Diagne,Roderick McIntosh,Paulo F. de Moraes Farias,Giulia Paoletti,Ibrahima Thiaw Pdf

This groundbreaking volume examines the extraordinary artistic and cultural traditions of the African region known as the western Sahel, a vast area on the southern edge of the Sahara desert that includes present-day Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. This is the first book to present a comprehensive overview of the diverse cultural achievements and traditions of the region, spanning more than 1,300 years from the pre Islamic period through the nineteenth century. It features some of the earliest extant art from sub Saharan Africa as well as such iconic works as sculptures by the Dogon and Bamana peoples of Mali. Essays by leading international scholars discuss the art, architecture, archaeology, literature, philosophy, religion, and history of the Sahel, exploring the unique cultural landscape in which these ancient communities flourished. Richly illustrated and brilliantly argued, Sahel brings to life the enduring forms of expression created by the peoples who lived in this diverse crossroads of the world.

Author : Kathleen Bickford Berzock
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691182681

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Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time by Kathleen Bickford Berzock Pdf

Issued in conjunction with the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time, held January 26, 2019-July 21, 2019, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Author : Alisa LaGamma,Christine Giuntini,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Textile fabrics
ISBN : 9781588392930

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The Essential Art of African Textiles by Alisa LaGamma,Christine Giuntini,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Author : Alisa LaGamma
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588390745

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Genesis by Alisa LaGamma Pdf

The seventy-five masterpieces presented here, drawn from public and private American collections, are among the most celebrated icons of African art, works that are superb artistic creations as well as expressions of a society's most profound conceptions about its beginnings. All are reproduced in color and are accompanied by entries that illuminate the distinctive cultural contexts that inspired their creation and informed their appreciation."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Roy Sieber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015000531635

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African Furniture and Household Objects by Roy Sieber Pdf

The primary aim of this essay and the exhibition it accompanies is to whet the viewer's and reader's appetite with a sampling of traditional, utilitarian, often splendid but essentially modest objects.

Author : Kate Ezra,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780870996337

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Royal Art of Benin by Kate Ezra,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Tantalizing trivia. this Hitler, spoiling everything?"

Author : Alisa LaGamma,Joanne Pillsbury,Eric Kjellgren,Yaëlle Biro
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas by Alisa LaGamma,Joanne Pillsbury,Eric Kjellgren,Yaëlle Biro Pdf

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.

Author : Martin Heidegger
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0791464954

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Sojourns by Martin Heidegger Pdf

Heidegger's philosophical journal, written during his first visit to Greece in 1962, and appearing here in English for the first time.

Author : Kate Ezra
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780810918740

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Art of the Dogon by Kate Ezra Pdf

Author : Alisa LaGamma
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588395757

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Kongo: Power and Majesty by Alisa LaGamma Pdf

A fascinating account of the effects of turbulent history on one of Africa’s most storied kingdoms, Kongo: Power and Majesty presents over 170 works of art from the Kingdom of Kongo (an area that includes present-day Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Angola). The book covers 400 years of Kongolese culture, from the fifteenth century, when Portuguese, Dutch, and Italian merchants and missionaries brought Christianity to the region, to the nineteenth, when engagement with Europe had turned to colonial incursion and the kingdom dissolved under the pressures of displacement, civil war, and the devastation of the slave trade. The works of art—which range from depictions of European iconography rendered in powerful, indigenous forms to fearsome minkondi, or power figures—serve as an assertion of enduring majesty in the face of upheaval, and richly illustrate the book’s powerful thesis.

Author : David C. Conrad
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9781604131642

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Empires of Medieval West Africa by David C. Conrad Pdf

Explores empires of medieval west Africa.

Author : John Parker,Richard (Honorary Professor of History Rathbone, University of Aberystwyth),Richard Rathbone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192802484

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African History: A Very Short Introduction by John Parker,Richard (Honorary Professor of History Rathbone, University of Aberystwyth),Richard Rathbone Pdf

Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.

Author : Christa Clarke,Rebecca Arkenberg
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,5 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 : Jeff L. Rosenheim
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588397089

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Photography’s Last Century by Jeff L. Rosenheim Pdf

Beginning with Paul Strand’s landmark From the Viaduct in 1916 and continuing through the present day, Photography’s Last Century examines defining moments in the history of the medium. Featuring nearly 100 masterworks from one of the most important private holdings of photography, the book includes works by Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Walker Evans, László Moholy-Nagy, Man Ray, and Cindy Sherman, as well as a diverse group of important lesser-known practitioners. A fascinating interview with Ann Tenenbaum provides a personal account of the works, while the main text offers an essential history of photography that addresses the implications of calling this period the medium’s “last” century.

Author : D. J. Mattingly,V. Leitch,C. N. Duckworth,A. Cuénod,M. Sterry,F. Cole
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107196995

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Trade in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond by D. J. Mattingly,V. Leitch,C. N. Duckworth,A. Cuénod,M. Sterry,F. Cole Pdf

Demonstrates that the pre-Islamic Sahara was a more connected region than previously thought, with trade an essential linking element.