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The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art

Author : Dallas Museum of Art,Roslyn A. Walker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSD:31822036370435

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The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art by Dallas Museum of Art,Roslyn A. Walker Pdf

This beautifully illustrated book showcases 110 objects from the Dallas Museum of Art's world-renowned African collection. In contrast to Western "art for art's sake," tradition-based African art served as an agent of religion, social stability, or social control. Chosen both for their visual appeal and their compelling histories and cultural significance, the works of art are presented under the themes of leadership and status; the cycle of life; decorative arts; and influences (imported and exported). Also included are many fascinating photographs that show the context in which these objects were originally used. Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art

Van Gogh and the Olive Groves

Author : Nienke Bakker,Nicole Myers
Publisher : Dallas Museum of Art
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300260075

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Van Gogh and the Olive Groves by Nienke Bakker,Nicole Myers Pdf

Combining deep focus with a multifaceted approach to reveal formal, technical, and spiritual aspects of the olive tree motif that dominated the painter's production during his time in a Provençal asylum​ Van Gogh and the Olive Groves reunites for the first time the important series of paintings that Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) dedicated to the motif of olive trees during his stay at the asylum of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. The book contextualizes this work within Van Gogh's artistic production and explores its deeply personal, often religious resonance. It also features in-depth findings on the artist's technique, materials, and palette resulting from a three-year cross-disciplinary conservation science research project that rigorously examined all 15 paintings. Of particular interest are new discoveries concerning Van Gogh's use of unstable pigments, his application of paint en plein air versus in the studio, and the chronology of the series. Produced between June and December 1889, this bold and highly experimental series employs the motif as a constant in the artist's passionate investigation of the expressive powers of color, line, and subject. Painting the olive trees at different times of day and in different seasons was a quest to unlock their quintessential features, which to him represented the spirit of Provence.

The Power of Gold

Author : Roslyn A. Walker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Art, Ashanti
ISBN : 0300233043

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The Power of Gold by Roslyn A. Walker Pdf

This stunning volume showcases and explores a rich and varied collection of Asante royal regalia in the broader context of Asante art. The Asante Kingdom, founded around 1701 in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), was renowned for gold, the foundation of its wealth and power. For centuries they mined this metal and traded it with northerners on the Saharan caravan routes and Europeans along the Atlantic coast. The earliest examples of Asante gold were recovered from the wreck of the Whydah, a slave ship that sank off Cape Cod in 1717. The Power of Gold focuses on a dazzling array of adornments and implements used by Asante royals and officials during the 18th century to the present day--providing a deeper understanding of the history, traditions, and visual arts of the Asante people, one of the thriving cultures of West Africa. Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule: Dallas Museum of Art (04/15/18-08/12/18)

When Metaphor Becomes Material

Author : Richard B. Woodward,Ash Duhrkoop,Ndubuisi Ezeluomba,Sheila Payaqui,Ainslie Harrison,Casey Mallinckrodt,Kathryn Brugioni Gabrielli
Publisher : Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0300250924

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When Metaphor Becomes Material by Richard B. Woodward,Ash Duhrkoop,Ndubuisi Ezeluomba,Sheila Payaqui,Ainslie Harrison,Casey Mallinckrodt,Kathryn Brugioni Gabrielli Pdf

A groundbreaking analysis of one of the most significant collections of African art in the United States

Black Art Ancestral Legacy

Author : Dallas Museum of Art
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015020755115

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Black Art Ancestral Legacy by Dallas Museum of Art Pdf

Examines the impact of African culture upon Black visual artists in the United States and Caribbean (Jamaica, Haiti, and the Bahamas).

The Art of Africa

Author : Christa Clarke,Rebecca Arkenberg
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,6 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

The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art

Author : Dallas Museum of Art,Anne R. Bromberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300149883

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The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art by Dallas Museum of Art,Anne R. Bromberg Pdf

In recent years, the Dallas Museum of Art has expanded its collection of South Asian art from a small number of Indian temple sculptures to nearly 500 works, including Indian Hindu and Buddhist sculptures, Himalayan Buddhist bronze sculptures and ritual objects, artwork from Southeast Asia, and decorative arts from India's Mughal period. Artworks in the collection have origins from the former Ottoman empire to Java, and architectural pieces suggest the grandeur of buildings in the Indian tradition. This volume details the cultural and artistic significance of more than 140 featured works, which range from Tibetan thangkas and Indian miniature paintings to stone sculptures and bronzes. Relating these works to one another through interconnecting narratives and cross-references, scholars and curators provide a broad cultural history of the region. Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art

Arts of Africa

Author : Kathryn Gunsch
Publisher : MFA Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 0878468641

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Presents the best of the collection of African art and artefacts held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The African art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, offers a portal into the life and politics of a large and complex continent with a wealth of history and culture. The highlighted works in this volume have been selected to illuminate different societies and periods, and to offer an introduction to traditions within the wider field of African art. They are presented through the framework of their original contexts: refined bronze sculptures made for royal palaces, spiritual figures powerfully rendered in wood or stone for shrines, vibrant luxury textiles, masks for public celebrations, art made for export, and trenchant contemporary photography intended for global art markets. By examining the places where these objects were first encountered by viewers - the palaces of Mangbetu kings, the busy streets of Lagos, or a gallery in London - vivid stories emerge about who made, paid for, used and enjoyed these artworks. Taken together, they evoke the brilliance and variety of artistic traditions across a vast continent.

African Art Reframed

Author : Bennetta Jules-Rosette,J.R. Osborn
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780252052156

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African Art Reframed by Bennetta Jules-Rosette,J.R. Osborn Pdf

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.

Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa

Author : Whitechapel Art Gallery
Publisher : Flammarion-Pere Castor
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015038434786

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Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa by Whitechapel Art Gallery Pdf

An exhibition organised by the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London as part of africa95, a season celebrating the arts of Africa taking place in Britain from August to December 1995. Concept and General Editor: Clementine Deliss.

Walls that Speak

Author : Ollie Jensen Theisen
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781574412895

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"A beautiful tribute to a man and his art"---Review of Texas Books --

Dallas Museum of Art

Author : Dallas Museum of Art
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300179634

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Dallas Museum of Art by Dallas Museum of Art Pdf

Explore the world renowned collection of the Dallas Museum of Art in this lavishly illustrated, informative catalogue. Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection showcases the full range and exceptional quality of the rich holdings of one of America's premier art institutions. The guide features over 400 stunning color photographs of pieces from the Museum's outstanding encyclopedic collection. Works from the ancient Americas, Africa, Asia, the Pacific, the ancient Mediterranean, Europe, and America are all represented, along with modern and contemporary pieces. Accompanying object entries offer descriptions, explanations of iconography, information on the artist or cultural history, and information on provenance and techniques. Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Author : Alisa LaGamma,Joanne Pillsbury,Eric Kjellgren,Yaëlle Biro
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,5 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.

Encyclopedia of African American Artists

Author : dele jegede
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780313080609

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Encyclopedia of African American Artists by dele jegede Pdf

African American heritage is rich with stories of family, community, faith, love, adaptation and adjustment, grief, and suffering, all captured in a variety of media by artists intimately familiar with them. From traditional media of painting and artists such as Horace Pippin and Faith Ringgold, to photography of Gordon Parks, and new media of Sam Gilliam and Martin Puryear (installation art), the African American experience is reflected across generations and works. Eight pages of color plates and black and white images throughout the book introduce both favorite and new artists to students and adult readers alike. African American heritage is rich with stories of family, community, faith, love, adaptation and adjustment, grief, and suffering, all captured in a variety of media by artists intimately familiar with them. From traditional media of painting and artists such as Horace Pippin and Faith Ringgold, to photography of Gordon Parks, and new media of Sam Gilliam and Martin Puryear (installation art), the African American experience is reflected across generations and works. Eight pages of color plates and black and white images throughout the book introduce both favorite and new artists to students and adult readers alike. A sampling of the artists included: Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Achamyele Debela, and Melvin Edwards.

African-American Art

Author : Sharon F. Patton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : 0192842137

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African-American Art by Sharon F. Patton Pdf

Discusses African American folk art, decorative art, photography, and fine arts.