GALERIE ART PREMIER AFRICAIN GALERIE ART PRIMITIF AFRICAIN AFRICAN ART GALLERY

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

NICOLAS Alain, SOURRIEU Marianne

 

Arman & L'art Africain (ISBN: 2711834409 / 2-7118-3440-9) 

Musee d'arts africains, oceaniens, amerindiens de Marseille;Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum fur Volkerkunde;Musee national des arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie 

 

Descrizione libro: Musees de Marseille, Marseille, France, 1996. Soft Cover. 1st Edition. French text only.Exhibition Catalog. Museum of Marseille. 181 color and b&w plates with details. 9 x 12 ". 279

NEYT  François

 

FLEUVE CONGO: Arts d'Afrique centrale, correspondances et mutations des formes

 

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Couverture reliée sous jaquette en couleur: 405 pages - Format: 29,7 x 24,5 cm - 400 illustrations - Musée du quai Branly

Editeur : Fonds Mercator Bruxelles (12 juin 2010) - Collection : FONDS MERCATOR 

Langue : Français - ISBN -10: 9061539145 - ISBN -13: 978-9061539148

NEYT  François  -  FLEUVE CONGO  -  Arts d'Afrique centrale, correspondances et mutations des formes

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Cet ouvrage met en lumière les interrelations qui unissent la production artistique des groupes humains de l'Afrique centrale. Les correspondances et les mutations des formes présentées mettent en évidence les sources d'inspiration de ces populations s'exprimant dans une langue bantoue. Ces sculptures traduisent à leur manière la présence d'une civilisation unique de la côte atlantique aux abords du lac Tanganyika à l'est. Celle-ci couvre le bassin du fleuve Congo et celui d'Ogooué au Gabon. De nombreuses cartes géographiques ponctuent le passé culturel de ces peuples, leurs migrations et la localisation des sculptures choisies. Les trois thèmes retenus se présentent comme un chemin initiatique soulignant

MULLEN-KREAMER Christine, FREYER Bryna et NICOLLS Andrea

African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection

Détails sur le produit: Relié: 235 pages - Editeur: Prestel; Édition : illustrated edition (30 mars 2007) - Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 3791338021 - ISBN-13: 978-3791338026

Descriptions du produit: Ninety renowned masterpieces of African art that inspired artists at the Walt Disney studios. In 2005, the Walt Disney Company donated its Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. Considered one of the world's finest collections of African art, the Disney-Tishman Collection contains iconic pieces dating from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries and showcases art that represents seventy-five peoples and twenty countries. This book explores the many ways that the collection reflects Africa's rich history and culture and focuses particularly on objects used in performance, rituals, and as emblems of power. Figures carved in stone, wood, and ivory; stools, masks, crowns, jewelry, and hunting tools--each object is presented in vivid color plates and accompanied by texts providing information about the objects' history, uses, and materials. This beautiful book accompanies the first public presentation of the collection in the past twenty years, permitting a new generation to experience one of America's national treasures.

About the author: Christine Mullen Kreamer is Curator at the National Museum of African Art. Bryna Freyer is Curator for Collections at the National Museum of African Art. Andrea Nicolls is curatorial liaison for loan at the National Museum of African Art. Martin Sklar is Vice Chairman and Principal Creative Executive of Walt Disney

MEYER Laure

Black Africa: Masks, sculpture, jewelry

Détails sur le produit: Broché: 224 pages - Editeur: Editions Pierre Terrail (1992) - Langue: Anglais 

ISBN-10: 287939032X - ISBN-13: 978-2879390321

Descriptions du produit:The Northern Hemisphere has long looked at the art of the Southern Hemisphere and equatorial regions as a collection of curios or travel trophies illustrating the essentially barbarous nature of its creators. Slowly such views are changing as more effort is put to understanding the individual works of art and their context in the societies that produced them. Art historian Meyer has attempted to integrate over 200 color photos together with a general text giving an overview of the role of the arts in various African cultures. Although her choppy text (translated from the French) will provide a basis for interested readers to start research, the bibliography is dated and leads mostly to French sources. Rather than present an overview, Newton, the former director of New York's Museum of Primitive Art, has produced a catalog of suberb photographs with scholarly explanatory captions. The objects, mostly of wood, are drawn from Geneva's Barbier-Mueller Museum, considered one of the best collections in the world. Photographed with great depth of field and subtle lighting designed to accentuate texture, the sculptures are brought to life by a fine-grain printing process. Meyer uses some photos that also appear in Newton's book, but the two works complement each other rather than overlap. The Newton book is the better choice for general collections, but the differences in explaining societal context and the different scope of coverage warrant placement of both books in comprehensive collections. David McClelland, Temple Univ. Lib., Philadelphia Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une

MEYER Laure

Art and craft in Africa: Everyday life, ritual, court art

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Broché: 207 pages - Editeur: Terrail, first English edition, 1995. - Langue: Anglais 

ISBN-10: 2879390982 - ISBN-13: 978-2879390987

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Most museum exhibitions and books on African art focus on masks and figurative sculptures, largely ignoring many types of objects common in African cultures that "demonstrate an aesthetic sensibility all the more remarkable for serving the humblest of purposes." In this volume, Meyer offers a splendidly illustrated survey of everyday, primarily utilitarian objects furnishings, culinary utensils, textiles, jewelry, weapons, musical instruments, games, pipes, regalia, that reveal undeniable beauty of design, ornamentation, or display. Less detailed and scholarly than Roy Sieber's catalog African Furniture and Household Objects (Indiana Univ. Pr., 1980), Meyer's work nevertheless offers concise introductions to scores of categories of objects that are both essential to, and revealing of, the nature of African life. Highly recommended for public library collections of African studies or art. Dr. Eugene C. Burt, Art Inst. of Seattle

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:

 

LAGAMMA Alisa, Boehm Barbara, Bongmba Elias Kifon Klieman A. Kairn  

 

Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary

 

 

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Relié: 355 pages 

Editeur: Yale University Press (12 octobre 2007) 

Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications - Langue: Anglais 

ISBN-10: 0300124090 - 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

JORDAN Manuel

Chokwe: Art and Initiation Among Chokwe and Related Peoples

 

Détails sur le produit: Broché: 191 pages Editeur: Prestel; Édition: illustrated edition (1 November 1998) Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 3791319973 - ISBN-13: 978-3791319971

 

Descrizione libro: Magnificently loaded with elegant plates of ceremonial and tribal objects from the Chokwe tribe and others in Angola, this exhibition catalog accompanies a show originating at the Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama; editor Jordàn, who spent more than two years with the Chokwe and related tribes, is the museum's curator. The objects are mostly carved wood, but their polished, stylized vision of people and nature and the variety and especially the depth of feeling in masks raise them far above craft. The pieces are shown alone, as in a museum exhibit, with art stressed more than anthropology. To remedy this, seven scholarly articles by authorities on the Chokwe appear throughout, along with photos of native life. While this puts into context objects like whistles, thrones, and the intriguing divination baskets full of tiny magical charms, it has a somewhat choppy effect. One of a series of books on African art by Prestel (e.g., African Art from the Han Corey Collection, LJ 6/15/98), this covers a seldom-visited area rich in heritage. For larger art-oriented and college libraries.AGay W. Neale, Southside Virginia Community Coll. Lib.,

HOMBERGER Lorenz, Geary M. Christraud, Koloss Joachim

CAMEROON: Art and Kings

Détails sur le produit: - Broché: 255 pages - Editeur: Museum Rietberg, Switzerland (15 mars 2008) Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 3907077369 - ISBN-13: 978-3907077368

Descrizione libro: The ancient kingdoms of the Cameroon Grassfields are famous for their splendid artworks - thrones ornamented with precious European beads, wooden figures sculptured by unknown masters, enormous drums, finely carved jewelry made from ivory and brass, as well as fabulous masks. This book presents 150 impressive masterpieces from the courts of the Grassfield kingdoms. Historical photographs illustrate the magnificent life at the courts so enthusiastically described by the first European visitors in the late 19th century. Additional field photographs taken in recent years show that the traditions in the Grassfields are still alive and cared for today. Two leading scholars in the field of Cameroonian art give an important introduction to the fascinating and complex world of the Grassfield kingdoms: their rituals, secret societies, and, above all, the meaning of art in this context. Christraud M. Geary explores the dynamic of palace art in the kingdom of Bamum, whch repeatedly adapted to ever-changing conditions and maintained a continuous dialogue with the outside world. Hans-Joachim Koloss gives a detailed overview of court art in the North West Province, focusing in particular on the numerous masks which are owned by the palaces as well as the secret

STEPAN Peter, HAHNER Iris

Spirit Speaks: A Celebration of African Masks

Détails sur le produit: - Relié: 192 pages - Editeur: Prestel (21 septembre 2005) - Langue: Anglais 

ISBN-10: 3791332287 - ISBN-13: 978-3791332284

Descrizione libro: DImages of outstanding African masks from the world’s leading museums and private collections reveal the splendor and majesty of these fascinating masterpieces. The masks seen in these pages represent diversity and an aesthetic power that rivals the most renowned works of art from around the world. Originating from more than thirty countries throughout Africa, the masks featured here are shown in stunning full-page reproductions and accompanied by field photographs. Each mask reflects a strong personal and artistic vision, and embodies ancestors and beings from the spirit world. The selected masks can be identified by magic expression, noble proportions, and delicate surface detail. Enlightening commentary offers background information about the function and origins of the masks’ use within the ethnic groups from which they originate. A beautifully produced full-color foldout map places each mask in its original site, which together with the stunning reproductions, field photographs, and text, creates a magnificent celebration of African artistry and

HAHNER-HERZOG Iris, Maria Kecskesi, Lazlo Vajda

 

African Masks: From the Barbier-Mueller Collection

 

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Broché: 287 pages - Editeur: Prestel; Édition: illustrated edition (2002) - Collection: African, Asian & Oceanic Art - Langue: Anglais 

ISBN-10: 3791327097 - ISBN-13: 3-7913-2709-7

HAHNER-HERZOG Iris, Maria Kecskesi, Lazlo Vajda: 

African Masks: From the Barbier-Mueller Collection

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These two books by the same publisher are very similar in a number of ways?they are designed to accompany major European exhibitions; contain hundreds of visually impressive photos of some of the finest works of African artistry; and cover the art of Africa while emphasizing the sculpture of West and Central Africa. These similarities aside, the books differ significantly in terms of the nature of the text and the focus of the content. Early in the 20th century a small number of European collectors acquired significant collections of African art. Han Coray (1880-1974), a modern art dealer in Zurich, was one of the earliest of those collectors, and his extensive collection eventually became the property of the Zurich University Ethnographic Museum. African Art is a catalog of that collection, with over 300 photographs of the objects. While most of the catalog entries provide useful information about the objects, some are unsatisfyingly only descriptive. More than a dozen essays are also provided,

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

FARDON Richard and STELZIG Christine

 

Column to Volume: Pt. 1: Formal Innovation in Chamba Statuary

 

 

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Relié: 160 pages - Editeur: Saffron Books (15 septembre 2005) - Collection: Saffron Afriscopes - Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 1872843468 - ISBN-13: 978-1872843469

FARDON Richard and STELZIG Christine: 

Column to Volume: Pt. 1: Formal Innovation in Chamba Statuary

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Saffron Books [EAP London], 2005. Hardcover. 1st Edition. "Column to Volume: Formal Innovation in Chamba Statuary" investigates the appearance on world art markets during the 1970s of statues identified as Chamba from West Africa. Sought after for their artful execution, these statues were stylistically unlike anything previously documented from the region. Are they what the art market claimed? Who made them, when, where and why?To answer these questions, Richard Fardon and Christine Stelzig had to combine the findings of ethnographic research in Cameroon and Nigeria with museum and archival research and the testimonies of art dealers and collectors. Profusely illustrated, "Column to Volume" offers a comprehensive account of an important sculptural tradition in West Africa, as well as fascinating insights into the tribal branding, distribution, and copying, of African art works during the 1970s.Identifying formal innovation in what has been described as 'tribal' tradition, not least by tracing the individual sculptor irresponsible for

FALGAYRETTES-LEVEAU Christiane, GUTIERREZ Manuel, WASTIAU Boris, JORDAN Manuel, COLLECTIF (Auteur)

 

ANGOLA FIGURES DE POUVOIR

 

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Relié: 309 pages - Editeur: Editions Dapper (20 octobre 2010) - Collection: H.C. 

Langue: Français - ISBN-10: 2915258295 - ISBN-13: 978-2915258295 

FALGAYRETTES-LEVEAU Christiane, GUTIERREZ Manuel, WASTIAU Boris, JORDAN Manuel, COLLECTIF: 

ANGOLA FIGURES DE POUVOIR

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Cet ouvrage d'envergure permet d'accéder au patrimoine artistique de l'Angola. Les oeuvres reproduites, d'une qualité plastique souvent exceptionnelle, témoignent de pratiques cultuelles et esthétiques, mais aussi de contacts, de rencontres et de liens entre divers peuples. Après une introduction générale de Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau, les meilleurs spécialistes résument ici l'essentiel de leurs connaissances. Manuel Gutierrez fournit une synthèse des perspectives actuelles sur la préhistoire et l'archéologie, tandis que l'histoire ancienne, avec les structures étatiques, la traite négrière et la colonisation portugaise, est évoquée par Maria Alexandra Miranda Aparicio, qui aborde également l'indépendance, la guerre civile et la reconstruction du pays.

ELUYEMI Omotoso, EKPO Violata, BASSANI Ezio

 

QUANDO DIO ABITAVA A IFE - Arte dell'Antica Africa

 

 

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Editore: ArtificioSkira - Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso - Pubblicazione 02/2005 in occasione della mostra a Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi, 5 marzo - 3 luglio 2005 - 192 pagine Lingua: Italiano - ISBN: 8876243313 - ISBN-13: 9788876243318

ELUYEMI Omotoso, EKPO Violata, BASSANI Ezio:  QUANDO DIO ABITAVA A IFE - Arte dell'Antica Africa

Descrizione mostra di Firenze - Palazzo Strozzi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Descrizione mostra di Firenze - Palazzo Strozzi

 

 

 

La mostra presenta 50 capolavori di arte africana provenienti dai più antichi regni dell'Africa, conservati senza esporli, nei musei Nigeriani.

 

Nell'esposizione si propone un'Africa "classica", alternativa all'Africa "primitiva" a cui si fece riferimento nel 900 nell'arte e nella cultura.

 

Nel 1958 William Fagg, lo scopritore e massimo studioso dei bronzi dell'antica Ife scriveva mettendo direttamente a confronto l'arte classica greca con quella africana: 

"I dubbi che sorgono di tanto in tanto sull'origine autoctona dello stile di Ife riposano sull'opinione che un'approssimazione tanto forte alla misura classica greca non avrebbe potuto nascere nell'Africa occidentale tranne che come risultato di una concezione dell'arte sviluppatasi per secoli e attraverso stadi paragonabili a quella greca. (....) Nei fatti il naturalismo ad Atene sorse per

EISENBURGER Ineke - GROOTAERS Jan-Lodewijk

 

FORMS OF WONDERMENT: The History And Collections Of The Afrika Museum Berg And Dal, 2 Vols.

 

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Rilegato, Lingua Inglese - Editore: Afrika Museum, Berg En Dal (1 décembre 2002) 

ISBN-10: 9071611132 - ISBN-13: 978-9071611131

 

Descrizione libro: Afrika museum 2002, 2 Volumi in cofanetto, catalogazione completa del museo, che comprende ogni genere di manufatti provenienti da tutto il territorio africano - cm 26x31 Cart con sovracop. Pag. 620 ill.

Duchâteau Armand

con nota introduttiva di Ezio Bassani

 

TESORI REALI DEL BENIN: ARTE DI UN ANTICO REGNO AFRICANO

Dalla Collezione del Museum für Völkerkunde - Vienna

 

Edizioni: Artificio s.r.l. - Firenze -1991

Brossura - pagg.168, cm 21,5 x 27,5 - ill. colore e b/n - Lingua: Italiana 

Catalogo edito in occasione della Mostra a Bologna,

Museo Civico Archeologico: 24 Aprile - 30 Giugno