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15th Triennial Symposium on African Art, Arts Council of the African Studies Association, 2011, Wednesday, March 23 - Saturday, March 26, 2011, UCLA, Los Angeles, California

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Addis Art - Ethiopian Art and Artists Page

Contemporary Ethiopian art and artists - paintings, sculptures and digital art work by students and professionals from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. University instructor, Getahun Assefa's paintings, drawings, sculpture, digital art. Also work by his brother, Tesfaye Assefa. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [KF] http://www.addisart.com/

Addis Art - Nouveau Art from Ethiopia

Artists include Shiferaw Girma and Lulseged Retta. Photographs of each artist's work, a biography, and video. Founded by Mesai Haileleul. [KF] http://www.addis-art.com/

Adire African Textiles - Duncan Clarke

History, background, and photographs of adire, adinkra, kente, bogolan, Yoruba aso-oke, akwete, ewe, kuba, and nupe textiles. The symbolism of images is often provided. One can purchase textiles as well. Clarke's Ph.D. dissertation (School of Oriental and African Studies) is on Yoruba men's weaving. See also the Adire African Textiles blog. Based in London. http://www.adireafricantextiles.com/

Afewerk Tekle

"Ethiopia’s leading artist." Biography, his paintings, sculptures, mosaics, murals, art in the artist's home. Afewerk created the stained-glass windows at the entrance of Africa Hall, headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. "In 1964, he became the first winner of the Haile Selassie I prize for Fine Arts." "In 2000, he was one of the few chosen World Laureates by the council of the ABI on the occasion of the 27th

WALKER  Roslyn Adele

The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art   (ISBN-10: 0300138954-ISBN-13: 978-0300138955)

 

Détails sur le produit: Relié: 304 pages - 305 x 229 mm - Editeur: Yale University Press (décembre 2009) - Collection: Dallas Museum of Art Publications - Langue: Anglais

 

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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 in this book are many fascinating photographs that show the context in which these objects were originally

STEINER B. Christopher

 

African Art in Transit

 

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Broché: 240 pages - Editeur: Cambridge University Press (27 janvier 1994) 

Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 0521457521 - ISBN-13: 978-0521457521

STEINER B. Christopher  -  African Art in Transit

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In this specialized but illuminating work, Harvard-trained anthropologist Steiner analyzes the assumptions behind the work of native African art traders in Cote d'Ivoire, who serve as the link between African artists and Western collectors. He describes the trading process as not only a complex economic system but one of shifting cross-cultural exchange in which the image of Africa is continually redefined. Steiner classifies the range of sources and art objects available in the trading city of Abidjan, then describes how traders work. He analyzes different forms of bargaining (from careful negotiation with Western dealers to staged performance for tourists). More intriguingly, he argues that Western scholarship has influenced classification of art objects by ethnicity rather than by region, and observes how Africans seek authenticity in things Western, while visitors want symbols of a "primitive" lifestyle--as when he witnesses the barter of a mask for a Seiko watch. In the West, he notes, the practical value of African objects like baskets is ignored, while an obsession with the growing value of African art tends to negate appreciation of its beauty. Photos not seen by PW. 

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PRESTON-BLIER Suzanne

Art of the Senses: African Masterpieces from the William and Bertha Teel Collection

 

Détails sur le produit: Relié: 224 pages - Editeur: Museum of Fine Arts,Boston (janvier 2003) 

Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 0878466592 - ISBN-13: 978-0878466597

 

Book Description: How the "unique" look of African art captured the imagination of artists such as Picasso and Stieglitz is well known. But how do art aficionados today see African objects? And how does our view compare to the way in which these objects were seen in Africa? Presenting the William and Bertha Teel Collection for the first time, this book provides a chance to think about how our vision of such objects is shaped by the "ethnographic," "primitive," or "modern" labels that have been applied in the West, and to compare it to how those same works were viewed in their birthplace. Lavish, full-color illustrations of over 100 choice objects combine forces with essays by leading African art specialists Suzanne Preston Blier, Michael Kan, and Edmund B. Gaither, and object descriptions by the collector himself, to provide a thoughtful and visually stimulating examination of these important African forms--as well as of the dynamic relationship among their creators, their original cultural contexts, and the Western viewing public. Essays by Suzanne Preston Blier, Michael Kan and Edmund B.

PHILLIPS  Tom

 

AFRICA: The Art of a Continent

 

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Broché: 620 pages - Editeur: Prestel; Édition: illustrated edition (30 décembre 1999) 

Collection: African, Asian & Oceanic Art - Langue: Anglais 

(ISBN: 3791320041 / 3-7913-2004-1)

PHILLIPS  Tom  -  AFRICA: The Art of a Continent

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Associated with an exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, this book provides a survey of 100 visually spectacular objects from Africa. As befits current thinking, the catalog (and exhibition) surveys the entire continent, including ancient Egypt and Nubia and north and northwestern Africa as well as the sub-Saharan region. Each object is reproduced in color and accompanied by extensive catalog entries written by over 60 expert contributors. The catalog section is preceded by five essays contributed by major scholars in the field. The essays discuss the nature of African art and its appreciation. Gates's article on the ambivalence displayed by 20th-century Western appreciation and Suzanne Blier's essay on the myths and misconceptions surrounding African art are especially valuable contributions. Highly recommended for any library with an interest in African art.?Eugene C. Burt, Art Inst. of Seattle Lib.

 

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As the birthplace of the human race, Africa possesses a cultural history of

NOTUE' Jean-Paul et TRIACA Bianca

 

MANKON: Arts Heritage And Culture From The Mankon Kingdom - Catalogue of the Mankon Museum

 

Détails sur le produit: Broché: 255 pages, 46 color and 217 black & white photographs. Editeur: Five Continents Editions; Édition: illustrated edition (1 janvier 2005) - Langue: Anglais 

ISBN-10: 8874392001 - ISBN-13: 978-8874392001

 

Descrizione libro: It is in a plural perspective, an association of history, ethnography, stylistic analysis and aesthetics, that this work presents the artistic and cultural production of the small kingdom of Mankon on the high plateaux of western Cameroon: these objects, linked with rituals, of prestige or more ordinary ones are all charged with meaning, but also with identified characteristic shapes, all bearing the memory of the treasures of kings, notables and secret societies. This production of the arts plays a fundamental role in cultural continuity, protects evidence of the past and preserves objects used in rites for the well-being of society. This is why they form an essential part of the artistic and cultural heritage of the whole of Mankon. They are extraordinarily rich, both regarding the quality of the objects, by the diversity of domains they approach and by the variety of decorative patterns (men, animals, geometric and plant shapes etc.), styles and

NOTUE' Jean-Paul et TRIACA Bianca

 

BANDJOUN: Trésors royaux au Cameroun. Bandjoun: tradition dynamique, créations et vie. Catalogue du Muséè de Bangjoun

 

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Broché: 246 pages - 41 color plates and 142 b/w figs, cm 17x24 - Editeur: Five Continents Editions; Édition: illustrated edition (Novembre 2005) - Langue: Français - ISBN: 8874392036 - ISBN 13: 9788874392032

 

Descrizione libro: I visitatori di Bandjoun rimangono impressionati dalle danze, le cerimonie e i panorami, gli elementi architettonici riccamente ornati, gli splendidi troni reali, e le magnifiche maschere, gli oggetti di perle, le stoffe dagli enigmatici motivi ornamentali. Il libro presenta più di un centinaio di oggetti del patrimonio culturale e artistico di Bandjoun, uno dei principali centri di creazione e tradizione artistica della Grassland camerunense. Le opere di questi artisti di talento sono, da un lato, la celebrazione dei fasti della corte reale di Bandjoun, della magnificenza e del potere dei suoi monarchi e dei loro collaboratori, e della solidità delle istituzioni, e, dall'altro, la traduzione formale di temi universali come la morte, la vita, la sconfitta, l'amore, la vittoria, il potere, il prestigio, la forza occulta, ecc. In molti casi sono opere di eccelsa qualità esecutiva, di indiscutibile autenticità, e di grande valore

NOTUE' Jean-Paul et TRIACA Bianca

 

BAHAM: Arts, mémoire et pouvoir dans le Royaume de Baham (Cameroun). Catalogue du Musée de Baham

 

Détails sur le produit: Broché: 260 pages - Editeur: Cinq Continents (5 janvier 2006) - Collection: ARTS 1ERS - Langue: Français - ISBN-10: 8874392028 - ISBN-13: 978-8874392025

 

Descrizione libro: Nei regni e principati dell'altopiano bamileke nel Camerun occidentale il potere è cresciuto all'ombra del segreto; a questo si deve il suo aspetto per certi versi terrificante, inquietante e religioso tipico delle potenti società segrete. Il libro presenta un importante complesso di circa centocinquanta oggetti del patrimonio culturale e artistico del regno di Baham, una delle principali capitali dell'arte e della cultura delle alte terre del Camerun occidentale. Propone alcune chiavi di lettura visiva e diversificata di opere che sono documenti culturali e

NOTUE' Jean-Paul et TRIACA Bianca

 

BABUNGO: Treasures Of The Sculptor Kings In Cameroon

 

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Broché: 224 pages - 48 col. ill., 90 b/w ill., cm 17x24 - Editeur: Five Continents Editions; Édition: illustrated edition (1 janvier 2006) - Langue : Anglais - ISBN-10: 887439201X - ISBN-13: 978-8874392018

 

Descrizione libro: Il libro presenta più di un centinaio di oggetti del patrimonio culturale e artistico di Bandjoun, uno dei principali centri di creazione e tradizione artistica della Grassland camerunense, la cui fama per quanto riguarda l'estetica e l'arte africana è nota. I visitatori di Bandjoun rimangono impressionati dalle danze, le cerimonie e i panorami, gli elementi architettonici riccamente ornati, gli splendidi troni reali, le magnifiche maschere e gli oggetti di perle, le stoffe dagli enigmatici motivi ornamentali e i vari oggetti cultuali che sono spesso espressione del ciclo vitale. Le opere di questi artisti di talento sono, da un lato, la celebrazione dei fasti della corte reale di Bandjoun, della magnificenza e del potere dei suoi monarchi e dei loro collaboratori, e della solidità delle istituzioni, e, dall'altro, la traduzione formale di temi universali come la morte, la vita, la sconfitta, l'amore, la vittoria, il potere, il prestigio, la forza occulta, ecc. In molti casi sono opere di eccelsa qualità esecutiva, di indiscutibile autenticità, e di grande valore storico-sociale. Tra i pezzi esposti sono presenti alcuni dei capolavori dell'arte africana. Qui la creazione artistica fa leva su una creazione vitale e

ROBBINS M. Warren  &  NOOTER Nancy Ingram

 

African Art in American Collections   (ISBN-10: 076432005X - ISBN-13: 978-0764320057)

 

Descrizione libro: Relié: 616 pages - Editeur: Schiffer Publishing Ltd; Édition: 2 (1 janvier 2004) Langue: Anglais. Hard Cover with dust jacket. 9x12 in. Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. African art -- with its powerful forms, complex symbolism, and formal inventiveness -- has only recently come to be recognized as one of the great artistic traditions of mankind. This rich tradition is showcased here in a remarkable selection of outstanding works. Nearly 1,600 objects are illustrated, each accompanied by scholarly information on style, usage, meaning, and cultural origin. Featured individually by section are the styles of Western Sudan, the West African Coastal Region, West Central Africa, Central Africa, and Eastern and Southern Africa. A thought-provoking introduction helps readers understand the significance of African art as a form of human creative expression, its relationships to contemporary Western art, and the controversies surrounding it in the world's museums. Newcomers to the field as well as professionals will find many questions answered in the text and captions. FThis comprehensive survey of some 230 styles of African art is an essential reference for scholars, teachers, students, curators, collectors, and

MASSARINI Carlo, MOGGI Vincenzo, MENNEA Connie

 

VAUDOU D'AFRICA - L'arte nera della costa degli schiavi 

 

Fiera Internazionale di Genova, 1992

 

Catalogo della mostra con il patrocinio di:

Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri

Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali

 

Edizioni Carte Segrete - ROMA (Giugno 1992)

Brossura - pagg. 152 - Fotografie a colori e b/n - Lingua: Italiano

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LAMP Frederick, OTTENBERG Simon, TAMSIR NIANE Djibril 

 

Art of the Baga: A Drama of Cultural Reinvention

 

 

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Relié: 267 pages 

Editeur: The Museum for African Art & Prestel Verlag; 

Édition: illustrated edition (1996) 

Collection: African art - Langue: Anglais 

ISBN-10: 3791317253 - ISBN-13:

KOLOSS Hans-Joachim

 

Africa Art and Culture: Masterpieces of African Art - Ethnological Museum, Berlin

 

 

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Relié: 240 pages - Editeur: Prestel; Édition: illustrated edition (14 septembre 2005) 

Collection: African, Asian & Oceanic Art - Langue: Anglais 

ISBN-10: 3791327720 - ISBN-13: 978-3791327723

KOLOSS Hans-Joachim - Africa Art and Culture: Masterpieces of African Art: Ethnological Museum, Berlin

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One of the leading collections of African art in the world, the African collection at Berlin’s Ethnological Museum contains important masterpieces from many different regions of the continent. 

This stunning book includes more than two hundred color and black-and-white reproductions of masks, ceremonial figures, musical instruments, and objects of everyday life from throughout Africa. Among the jewels in the museum are the Ife Collection from Nigeria; rare Benin bronzes; Afro-Portuguese ivories; magical figures from the Lower Congo and a host of East African sculpture and masks that have gained increasing attention in recent years. Essays by leading ethnologists supply important cultural and historical information on each region, as well as fascinating insights into the ways European and African art have traded influences over the

JORDAN Manuel

Makishi: Mask Characters of Zambia

 

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Broché: 84 pages - Editeur: Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S. (15 mars 2007) - Collection: Fowler in Focus - Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 0974872970 - ISBN-13: 978-0974872971

 

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The Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2007. Paperback. 190mm x 8mm x 267mm. Makishi: Mask Characters of Zambia. Manuel Jordn reveals the beauty and complexity of the remarkable masquerade traditions of the Chokwe, Mbunda, Lunda, Lwena/Luvale, and Luchazi, peoples who live in the Three Corners region of northwestern Zambia, northeastern Angola, and southwestern Democratic Republic of the

FOSS Perkins

Where Gods and Mortals Meet: Continuity and Renewal in Urhobo Art

Détails sur le produit: - Relié: 152 pages - Editeur: Snoeck-Ducaji & Zoon; Édition: illustrated edition (10 mai 2004) - Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 9053495061 - ISBN-13: 978-9053495063

Book Description: The Urhobo peoples occupy the western fringe of the Niger River delta in southern Nigeria, an area rich with oil reserves. Since the 1970s, the petroleum industry has brought worldwide wealth and attention to Nigeria, but tragically has also detracted from broad-based economic progress as flow stations, flare-offs, drilling platforms and pipelines have proliferated. As rural economies suffered an inevitable decline, the custom of maintaining traditional Urhobo art has experienced a parallel atrophy. The resultant decline in Urhobo culture has prompted a response among many Urhobo who want to celebrate and preserve their traditions for future generations. The Museum for African Art in New York makes a major contribution to this effort through the presentation of Where Gods and Mortals meet, the first exhibition to showcase Urhobo arts. The exhibition introduces never-before-seen Urhobo art and footage of cultural performances, from yesterday and today. This accompanying catalogue includes approximately 80 works of art: traditional art from the historical period 1850 to 1975, including monumental wood figures, metal and clay sculpture, and masks and costumes with accompanying poetry and song; a small selection of contemporary work by Bruce Onobrakpeya, an Urhobo by birth and one of Africa's foremost artists; plus photos and video footage of extraordinary multimedia masquerades. Edited by Perkins Foss.Essays by John Picton, Perkins Foss, Michael Y. Nabofa, G.G. Darah, Tanure Ojaide, and Bruce Onobrakpeya. Foreword by Peter Ekeh. Hardcover, 9 x 12 in. / 152 pgs / 141 color and 7

COSSA Egidio - PAUDRAT Jean-Louis 

a cura di Chantal Dandrieu e Fabrizio Giovagnoni

 

Passione d'Africa:  l'arte africana nelle collezioni italiane

 

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Editore: OFFICINA LIBRARIA SRL

Pubblicazione: 10/2009

Rilegato - Pagine: 240

 COSSA Egidio - PAUDRAT Jean-Louis - a cura di Chantal Dandrieu e Fabrizio Giovagnoni:

Passione d'Africa:  l'arte africana nelle collezioni italiane

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Passione d’Africa traccia la storia del collezionismo di arte dell’Africa subsahariana in Italia – o di italiani residenti all’estero – a partire dagli anni cinquanta fino ai nostri giorni. Il volume, con una introduzione di Egidio Cossa, riproduce oltre 130 capolavori, selezionati per il loro valore estetico e perché illustrano le tappe di questa vicenda collezionistica.

Il libro vuole restituire una fotografia oggettiva, senza partiti presi o pretese di esclusività, del collezionismo d’arte africana in Italia. Lo fa con l’ampio saggio di Jean-Louis Paudrat e con la completissima crono-bibliografia dello stesso studioso che elenca oltre cinquant’anni di pubblicazioni, mostre, convegni ed aste di arte africana in Italia. Da questa ricognizione emerge una nuova immagine del collezionismo d’arte africana in Italia, a torto ritenuto un ‘parente

COLLEYN Jean-Paul

Bamana

Détails sur le produit: Broché: 142 pages, 240 x 165 mm - Editeur: Five Continents Editions; Édition: illustrated edition (7 mai 2009) - Collection: Visions of Africa Series - Langue: Anglais 

ISBN-10: 8874393482 - ISBN-13: 978-8874393480

Book Description: The aim of this book is to focus on the aesthetic qualities of the masterpieces of Bamana (or Bambara) religious art in Mali and to resituate them in their social, aesthetic and cultural context. The emphasis will be on pieces used in rites of passage (Ntomo, funerals), or by agricultural cooperatives (ton, deme), and initiation societies (Kore, Jo, Komo, Kono, Tyiwara, Namakoro). The pieces that are sublime to Western eyes are just as marvellous in the field, precisely because they stand at the crossroads of religion, aesthetics and politics. Visions of Africa is a series devoted to the arts of Africa grouped according to the different populations. Each volume follows two main guidelines: one, visual and aesthetic, offers a selection of photographs of masterpieces while the other, theoretic and contextual, explores, for a broad public, the significance of these items within the population that created them. The series presents a set of introductory books for readers wishing to discover the arts of the different populations and of reference books for those who intend to learn more about

CAMERON L. Elisabeth

Art of the Lega   -  (ISBN-10: 0930741889 - ISBN-13: 978-0930741884)

Détails sur le produit: Broché: 231 pages - Editeur: Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S.; Édition: illustrated edition (1 mai 2002) Langue: Anglais

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Drawing upon diverse sources, including Daniel P. Biebuyckís seminal fieldwork of the 1950s, Elisabeth Cameron investigates the culture and the art of the Lega peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Among the Lega, art is only created for and used by the Bwami Society. Bwami is a complex organization consisting of multiple levels, and it forms an essential component of the political, social, and religious structure of the Lega. Within Bwami, artworks are used in conjunction with proverbs, anecdotes, and performances to form complex layered metaphors and to serve as mnemonic devices. As initiates move up through the ranks of the Bwami Society, a variety of different artworks assist them in recalling a vast corpus of complex aphorisms. The many beautiful examples of Lega artworks illustrated in this volume are drawn primarily from the Jay T. Last collection and include masks, animals, human forms, miniature tools, and

BACQUART Jean-Baptiste

The Tribal Arts of Africa: Surveying Africa's Artistic Geography 

Détails sur le produit: ISBN 10: 0500282315 / 0-500-28231-5 / ISBN 13: 9780500282311 - Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson - Data di pubblicazione: 2002 - Legatura: Brossura - Pagine:240

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Thames Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2002. Paperback. New edition. 305 x 225 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. This work displays and defines the fruits of thousands of years of black African creative endeavour. All the objects included were made by Africans for their own use, spanning a period from the beginning of the first millennium to the early 20th century, before the commercial production of art aimed at the tourist trade. Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, has divided Africa south of the Sahara into 49 cultural areas. Each section studies the most important tribe within the area, surveying its social and political structures as well as its artistic production. The art is analyzed according to type - in most instances masks, statues, and everyday objects, such as utensils, furniture and jewelry. Where appropriate, further information on artistically related tribes is then provided. Each section contains its own bibliography. A detailed reference section with information on key collectors, collections open to the public and a glossary completes this