The World Of Spirits And Ancestors In The Art Of Western Sub Saharan Africa

Author : Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : 0896723461

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The World of Spirits and Ancestors in the Art of Western Sub-Saharan Africa by Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser Pdf

The World of Spirits and Ancestors in the Art of Western Sub-Saharan Africa illustrates for the first time a collection of African Sculpture at the Museum of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The masks and figurative carvings from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century are from two sources: Ambassador and Mrs. Julius Walker's gift to ICASALS (International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies), now on permanent loan to the Museum, and the Elliot Howard Collection. Howard, an artist and authority on antiques, chose examples of sculpture for their "variety and aesthetic appeal". His hope was that the pieces he assembled would provide new discoveries for those unacquainted with the art of Africa and an art experience that would "enhance mutual respect among people". Fittingly, then, a context for understanding is the focus of Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser's book. As the title suggests, The World of Spirits and Ancestors introduces carefully chosen examples of masks and figures as social and spiritual communications imbued with the living history and culture of the various peoples of western sub-Saharan Africa. Sasser emphasizes that geography and climate - ranging from semiarid deserts to tropical rain forests - influence not only the art but also the habitations and ceremonial life of the region. More than 180 drawings and illustrations reflect the creative genius that continues to meet environmental challenges and to express the distinctive contributions of the cultures and the people of western sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : Victoria Barnett-Woods
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000055672

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Cultural Economies of the Atlantic World by Victoria Barnett-Woods Pdf

Cultural Economies explores the dynamic intersection of material culture and transatlantic formations of "capital" in the long eighteenth century. It brings together two cutting-edge fields of inquiry—Material Studies and Atlantic Studies—into a generative collection of essays that investigate nuanced ways that capital, material culture, and differing transatlantic ideologies intersected. This ambitious, provocative work provides new interpretive critiques and methodological approaches to understanding both the material and the abstract relationships between humans and objects, including the objectification of humans, in the larger current conversation about capitalism and inevitably power, in the Atlantic world. Chronologically bracketed by events in the long-eighteenth century circum-Atlantic, these essays employ material case studies from littoral African states, to abolitionist North America, to Caribbean slavery, to medicinal practice in South America, providing both broad coverage and nuanced interpretation. Holistically, Cultural Economies demonstrates that the eighteenth-century Atlantic world of capital and materiality was intimately connected to both large and small networks that inform the hemispheric and transatlantic geopolitics of capital and nation of the present day.

Author : Gary Edson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781476612331

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Masks and Masking by Gary Edson Pdf

For at least 20,000 years, masking has been a mark of cultural evolution and an indication of magical-religious sophistication in society. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the mask as a powerful cultural phenomenon—a means by which human groupings attempted to communicate their dignity and sense of purpose, as well as establish a continuum between the natural and supernatural worlds. It addresses the distinctive environments within which masks flourished, and analyzes the mask as a manifestation of art, ethnology and anthropology.

Author : Robert Sigfrid Wicks,Roland H. Harrison
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 089672414X

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Buried Cities, Forgotten Gods by Robert Sigfrid Wicks,Roland H. Harrison Pdf

"Niven was planning a book about his experiences, but never completed it owing to ill health. The result of twenty years' research, Buried Cities, Forgotten Gods offers a well-illustrated and vivid first-hand account through Wicks and Harrison's selection of photographs and stories from Niven's own extensive writings and those of people with whom he worked."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Karl-Ferdinand Schädler,Museum Villa Stuck
Publisher : Panterra
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112484907

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Gods Spirits Ancestors by Karl-Ferdinand Schädler,Museum Villa Stuck Pdf

Author : Alisa LaGamma,John Pemberton,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 48,6 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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2248 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015058373955

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The Cumulative Book Index by Anonim Pdf

A world list of books in the English language.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3126 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022597087

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Subject Guide to Books in Print by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sidney Littlefield Kasfir,Till Förster
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780253007582

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African Art and Agency in the Workshop by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir,Till Förster Pdf

“Compelling case studies demonstrate how African workshops have long mediated collective expression and individual imagination.” —Allen F. Roberts, University of California, Los Angeles The role of the workshop in the creation of African art is the subject of this revelatory book. In the group setting of the workshop, innovation and imitation collide, artists share ideas and techniques, and creative expression flourishes. African Art and Agency in the Workshop examines the variety of workshops, from those which are politically driven or tourist oriented, to those based on historical patronage or allied to current artistic trends. Fifteen lively essays explore the impact of the workshop on the production of artists such as Zimbabwean stone sculptors, master potters from Cameroon, wood carvers from Nigeria, and others from across the continent. Contributions by Nicolas Argenti, Jessica Gershultz, Norma Wolff, Christine Scherer, Silvia Forni, Elizabeth Morton, Alexander Bortolot, Brenda Schmahmann, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Karen E. Milbourne and Namubiru Rose Kirumira “A closer examination of the workshop provides important insights into art histories and cultural politics. We may think we know what we mean when we use the term ‘workshop,’ but in fact the organization of groups of artists takes on vastly different forms and encourages the production of diverse styles of art within larger social structures and power dynamics.” —Victoria Rovine, University of Florida “Taken as a whole, the case studies provide a wide window into the very diverse structural and functional characteristics of workshops. They also clearly describe how African workshops have served both contemporary political and cultural needs and have responded to patronage, whether it be traditional or stimulated by tourism.” —African Studies Review

Author : Anthony Ponter,Laura Ponter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Art
ISBN : UCSD:31822015232465

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Spirits in Stone by Anthony Ponter,Laura Ponter Pdf

"The first book on Zimbabwean Shona sculpture to be printed in the West will forever change the way you think and feel about contemporary art. Discover the stunning beauty of the stone sculpture, the extraordinary people who create it and the ancient African land which inspires such profound expressions of love and hope."--front cover

Author : University of Pittsburgh. University Library System
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : African Americans
ISBN : NWU:35556039096490

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Afro-American Collection, New Acquisition List by University of Pittsburgh. University Library System Pdf

Author : Heike Behrend
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0299166341

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Spirit Possession, Modernity & Power in Africa by Heike Behrend Pdf

In Africa as well as in Europe, many spirits and their mediums are part of local as well as global cultures. Christian spirits named Hitler, Mussolini, or King Bruce (Bruce Lee) flourish in a pantheon of new holy spirits in Uganda waging war against the government. Spirits of airplanes, engines, guitars, and angels are found in Central Africa; and thunder, snakes, and rain as well as playboys and prostitutes inhabit the spirit world in West Africa. Spirit possession cults have continued to proliferate, even in the secular West, and continue to be a subject of intense interest. Despite the continuous expansion of the field, some problems are only now beginning to be explored. The experts in this volume focus on questions of power, the history and inner dynamics of cults, the role of gender and images of the other, based on research conducted during the last fifteen years in Africa. The contributors document changes taking place across the continent as possession beliefs and practices respond to new circumstances and address the shifting local implications of an increasingly global socio-economy. Gender, ethnicity, and class are examined as intersecting forces and features of spirit phenomena. The case studies presented are richly contextualized: history, social organization and upheaval, alternative religious options--all are considered relevant to an understanding of possession forms. Contributors: Leslie Sharp, Heike Behrend, Adeline Masquelier, Mathias Krings, Jean-Paul Colleyn, Alexandra O. de Sousa, Susan Kenyon, Tobias Wendl, Ute Luig, and Linda Giles Co-published with James Currey Publishers, U.K. The Wisconsin edition is not for sale in the United Kingdon, the traditional British Commonwealth (excepting Canada), nor in Europe.

Author : Lewis H. Gann,Peter Duignan
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0761815201

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Africa and the World by Lewis H. Gann,Peter Duignan Pdf

First published in 1972, Africa and the World places the African past within the wider context of world events, while providing a wealth of geographical and ethnographic information about the continent. The book specifically focuses on the pre-colonial and early colonial history of sub-Saharan Africa. Designed for those interested in the impact of Europe on the non-Western world, the volume provides an account of the major economic and social factors that have shaped African history. Information from studies in anthropology, archaeology, history, and art are included as well. Africa and the World is an essential and accessible resource for those interested in world history or African studies.

Author : John Onians
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781856693776

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Atlas of World Art by John Onians Pdf

Combines a survey of world art with maps showing the associations and dissemination of culture across the globe.

Author : Phyllis G. Jestice
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781851096497

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Holy People of the World [3 volumes] by Phyllis G. Jestice Pdf

A cross-cultural encyclopedia of the most significant holy people in history, examining why people in a wide range of religious traditions throughout the world have been regarded as divinely inspired. The first reference on the subject to span all the world's major religions, Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia examines the impact of individuals who, through personal charisma and inspirational deeds, served both as glorious examples of human potential and as envoys for the divine. Holy People of the World contains nearly 1,100 biographical sketches of venerated men and women. Written by religious studies experts and historians, each article focuses on the basic question: How did this person come to be regarded as holy? In addition, the encyclopedia features 20 survey articles on views of holy people in the major religious traditions such as Islam, Buddhism, and African religions, as well as 64 comparative articles on aspects of holiness and veneration across cultures such as awakening and conversion experiences, heredity, gender, asceticism, and persecution. Whether exploring by religion, culture, or historic period, this extensively cross-referenced resource offers a wealth of insights into one of the most revealing—and least explored—common denominators of spiritual traditions.