Author: Louise E. JeffersonPublisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Decorative Arts of Africa
Author: Louise E. JeffersonPublisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art
Author: Dallas Museum of ArtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
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
African Textiles and Decorative Arts
Author: Roy SieberAfrican Art in Detail
Author: Christopher SpringPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674036222
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This book opens with the question, What is African art? The answer is a brilliantly colorful and detailed look at the myriad materials and genres, forms and meanings, cultural contexts and expressions that comprise artistic traditions across this vast and varied continent. Viewing artworks in their contexts--ancient and modern, urban and rural, western and eastern, decorative and functional--the book is nothing less than a virtual tour of African culture. Masks, textiles, royal art, sculpture, ceramics, tools and weapons--in each instance, the book features examples that reveal the most significant aspects of workmanship, materials, and design in objects of wood, stone, ivory, clay, metalwork, featherwork, leather, basketwork, and cloth. Photographs of each piece alongside close-ups of fine details afford new views of these works and allow for intriguing comparisons between seemingly unrelated objects and media. The featured details evoke the hand and eye of the most accomplished craftspeople across Africa, past and present. In sum, these photographs, along with Chris Spring's enlightening commentary, offer an experience of African art that is at once broad and deep, richly informed and intimately felt. They are, at the same time, a kaleidoscopic view of art from prehistory to gestures prefiguring the future.
African Textiles and Decorative Arts
Author: Roy SieberPublisher: New York Graphic Society Books
ISBN:
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A collection of articles on the exhibition African textiles and decorative arts and the accompanying book on the exhibition by Roy Sieber.
African Textiles and Decorative Arts
Author: Roy SieberAfrican Textiles and Decorative Arts
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, African
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A collection of articles on the exhibition African textiles and decorative arts and the accompanying book on the exhibition by Roy Sieber.
History of Design
Author: Bard Graduate CenterPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300196148
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
A survey of spectacular breadth, covering the history of decorative arts and design worldwide over the past six hundred years
The Decorative Arts Fo Africa
Author: Louise E. JeffersonAfrican Art & Culture
Author: Jane BinghamPublisher:
ISBN: 9781844210442
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Written for students working at Key Stage 3, the titles that make up the World Art and Culture series explore the fine arts, the decorative arts and design through the ages and in different cultures throughout the world. This volume considers art in African culture.