The Scramble For Art In Central Africa

Author : Enid Schildkrout,Curtis A. Keim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998-03-28
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 052158678X

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The Scramble for Art in Central Africa by Enid Schildkrout,Curtis A. Keim Pdf

Western attitudes to Africa have been influenced to an extraordinary degree by the arts and artefacts that were brought back by the early collectors, exhibited in museums, and celebrated by scholars and artists in the metropolitan centres. The contributors to this volume trace the life history of artefacts that were brought to Europe and America from Congo towards the end of the nineteenth century, and became the subjects of museum displays. They also present fascinating case studies of the pioneering collectors, including such major figures as Frobenius and Torday. They discuss the complex and sensitive issues involved in the business of 'collecting', and show how the collections and exhibitions influenced academic debates about the categories of art and artefact, and the notion of authenticity, and challenged conventional aesthetic values, as modern Western artists began to draw on African models.

Author : Daniel P. Biebuyck
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015016817739

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The Arts of Central Africa by Daniel P. Biebuyck Pdf

Author : Brenda Jackson,Penguin Books Staff,Ronald L McDonald
Publisher : Signet
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1968-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0451607732

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The Art of Central Africa by Brenda Jackson,Penguin Books Staff,Ronald L McDonald Pdf

Author : Leslie Lund
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art, African
ISBN : OCLC:31714128

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Arts of Central Africa by Leslie Lund Pdf

Author : Christa Clarke
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015054257517

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A Personal Journey by Christa Clarke Pdf

Author : Zdeňka Volavková-Shořepová,Zdenka Volavka,York University (Toronto, Ont.). Art Gallery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Art
ISBN : 0919604021

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Hidden Treasures from Central Africa by Zdeňka Volavková-Shořepová,Zdenka Volavka,York University (Toronto, Ont.). Art Gallery Pdf

Author : J. Vansina
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,6 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 : LaNitra M. Berger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781350187511

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Irma Stern and the Racial Paradox of South African Modern Art by LaNitra M. Berger Pdf

South African artist Irma Stern (1894–1966) is one of the nation's most enigmatic modern figures. Stern held conservative political positions on race even as her subjects openly challenged racism and later the apartheid regime. Using paintings, archival research, and new interviews, this book explores how Stern became South Africa's most prolific painter of Black, Jewish, and Colored (mixed-race) life while maintaining controversial positions on race. Through her art, Stern played a crucial role in both the development of modernism in South Africa and in defining modernism as a global movement. Spanning the Boer War to Nazi Germany to apartheid South Africa and into the contemporary #RhodesMustFall movement, Irma Stern's work documents important twentieth-century cultural and political moments. More than fifty years after her death, Stern's legacy challenges assumptions about race, gender roles, and religious identity and how they are represented in art history.

Author : Douglas Fraser,Herbert M. Cole
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Art
ISBN : 0299058247

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African Art and Leadership by Douglas Fraser,Herbert M. Cole Pdf

A scholarly analysis of the close relationships among the structure, function, and history of the sub-Saharan African arts.

Author : Sarah Van Beurden
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821445457

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Authentically African by Sarah Van Beurden Pdf

Together, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium, and the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaire (IMNZ) in the Congo have defined and marketed Congolese art and culture. In Authentically African, Sarah Van Beurden traces the relationship between the possession, definition, and display of art and the construction of cultural authenticity and political legitimacy from the late colonial until the postcolonial era. Her study of the interconnected histories of these two institutions is the first history of an art museum in Africa, and the only work of its kind in English. Drawing on Flemish-language sources other scholars have been unable to access, Van Beurden illuminates the politics of museum collections, showing how the IMNZ became a showpiece in Mobutu’s effort to revive “authentic” African culture. She reconstructs debates between Belgian and Congolese museum professionals, revealing how the dynamics of decolonization played out in the fields of the museum and international heritage conservation. Finally, she casts light on the art market, showing how the traveling displays put on by the IMNZ helped intensify collectors’ interest and generate an international market for Congolese art. The book contributes to the fields of history, art history, museum studies, and anthropology and challenges existing narratives of Congo’s decolonization. It tells a new history of decolonization as a struggle over cultural categories, the possession of cultural heritage, and the right to define and represent cultural identities.

Author : Alisa LaGamma,John Pemberton,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art, Black
ISBN : 9780870999338

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Art and Oracle by Alisa LaGamma,John Pemberton,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Twenty-eight African cultures are represented here by artifacts created to communicate with ancestors, spirits, and gods, about such issues as health, conception, and determination of guilt or innocence. Issued in conjunction with an April-July 2000 exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, this catalog contains extensive ethnographic, descriptive, and interpretive text in connection with each of 50 pictured pieces, as well as a 13-page essay about divination in Sub-Saharan Africa (by John Pemberton III) and an introductory essay by LaGamma. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Moyo Okediji
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781003848899

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Methodology, Ideology and Pedagogy of African Art by Moyo Okediji Pdf

This edited volume, including contributions from scholars with different areas of specialization, investigates a broad range of methodologies, ideologies and pedagogies focusing on the study of the art of Africa, using theoretical reflections and applications from primitivism to metamodernism. Chapters break the externally imposed boundaries of Africa-related works beyond the conventional fragments of traditional, contemporary and diaspora. The contributions are significantly broad in their methodologies, ideologies and pedagogical coverage; yet, they all address various aspects of African artistic creativity, demonstrating the possibilities for analytical experiments that art history presents to scholars of the discipline today. The Ìwà (character) of each approach is unique; nevertheless, each is useful toward a fuller understanding of African art studies as an independent aspect of art historical research that is a branch or bud of the larger family of art history. The volume respects, highlights and celebrates the distinctiveness of each methodical approach, recognizing its contribution to the overall character or Ìwà of African art studies. The book will be of interest to students in undergraduate or graduate, intermediate or advanced courses as well as scholars in art history and African studies.

Author : Curtis Keim,Carolyn Somerville
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000510010

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Mistaking Africa by Curtis Keim,Carolyn Somerville Pdf

For many in the west, the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, ferocious animals, sparsely dressed "tribesmen," and impenetrable jungles. Newspaper headlines rarely touch on Africa, but when they do, they often mention authoritarian rule, corruption, genocide, devastating illnesses, or civil war. Advertising, movies, amusement parks, cartoons, and many other corners of society all convey strong mental images of the continent that together form a collective consciousness. Few think to question these perceptions or how they came to be so deeply lodged in western minds. Mistaking Africa looks at the historical evolution of this mind-set and examines the role that popular media plays in its creation. The authors address the most prevalent myths and preconceptions and demonstrate how these prevent a true understanding of the enormously diverse peoples and cultures of Africa. Updated throughout, the fifth edition considers images of Africa from across the world and provides new analysis of what Africans are doing themselves to rewrite the stories of their continent, particularly through social and digital media. Mistaking Africa is an important book for African studies courses and for anyone interested in unraveling misperceptions about the continent.

Author : Ira Dworkin
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469632728

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Congo Love Song by Ira Dworkin Pdf

In his 1903 hit "Congo Love Song," James Weldon Johnson recounts a sweet if seemingly generic romance between two young Africans. While the song's title may appear consistent with that narrative, it also invokes the site of King Leopold II of Belgium's brutal colonial regime at a time when African Americans were playing a central role in a growing Congo reform movement. In an era when popular vaudeville music frequently trafficked in racist language and imagery, "Congo Love Song" emerges as one example of the many ways that African American activists, intellectuals, and artists called attention to colonialism in Africa. In this book, Ira Dworkin examines black Americans' long cultural and political engagement with the Congo and its people. Through studies of George Washington Williams, Booker T. Washington, Pauline Hopkins, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, and other figures, he brings to light a long-standing relationship that challenges familiar presumptions about African American commitments to Africa. Dworkin offers compelling new ways to understand how African American involvement in the Congo has helped shape anticolonialism, black aesthetics, and modern black nationalism.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643999313

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Archiv 57/58 by Anonim Pdf