Author: Detroit Institute of ArtsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
100 Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts
Author: Detroit Institute of ArtsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
African Masterworks in the Detroit Institute of Arts
Author: Detroit Institute of ArtsPublisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
African Masterworks in the Detroit Institute of Arts showcases eighty-eight of the museum's finest works, representing the full range of major sub-Saharan sculptural traditions during the past three centuries: figures, masks, containers, carved stools, jewelry, and musical instruments. As noted in the introductory material, almost all African art has a functional base - each sculpture's primary justification is its effectiveness as a ritual or utilitarian object. Text accompanying each photograph describes not only the circumstances, when known, of the object's creation, but also the harmonious interplay of its aesthetic features and cultural and spiritual function. The catalogue also details the rituals surrounding the religious objects and the social importance of the secular works. Organized by region, from the western Sudan to southern Africa, the book includes essays on the history of each area, as well as maps and an extensive bibliography. Michael Kan, the curator of the collection, provides a history of the museum's African art acquisitions since 1900, and the introduction by Roy Sieber traces the evolution of Western appreciation for African art, describing also the value placed on the objects by the community from which they arose.
The Villanovan, Etruscan, and Hellenistic Collections in the Detroit Institute of Arts
Author: David CaccioliPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047425774
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Villanovan and Etruscan collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts not only represent an important source of Classical Antiquity in the United States, but also serve as a historical model of how such artifacts were acquired by large American museums from the late-nineteenth through mid-twentieth centuries. These collections provide museum visitors, scholars, and students with an indepth view into one of antiquity's most fascinating peoples, the Etruscans and their predecessors. The wide-ranging collections contain artifacts from every aspect of Etruscan life such as utilitarian tools and weapons, objects for personal adornment, votive statuettes, and cinerary urns to house the dead. One statuette, the Detroit Rider, is considered to be among the finest surviving examples of Etruscan small sculpture. The catalogue brings together all of these pieces for the first time with photographs and relevant bibliographic sources on their cultural and religious functions in antiquity.
The Detroit Institute of Arts
Author: Detroit Institute of ArtsPublisher: Detroit Institute of Arts
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Bernini
Author: Claude Douglas Dickerson (III)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394727
Category : Artists' preparatory studies
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
"The brilliantly expressive clay models created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) as "sketches" for his works in marble offer extraordinary insights into his creative imagination. Although long admired, the terracotta models have never been the subject of such detailed examination. This publication presents a wealth of new discoveries (including evidence of the artist's fingerprints imprinted on the clay), resolving lingering issues of attribution while giving readers a vivid sense of how the artist and his assistants fulfilled a steady stream of monumental commissions. Essays describe Bernini's education as a modeler; his approach to preparatory drawings; his use of assistants; and the response to his models by 17th-century collectors. Extensive research by conservators and art historians explores the different types of models created in Bernini's workshop. Richly illustrated, Bernini transforms our understanding of the sculptor and his distinctive and fascinating working methods."--Publisher's website.
Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts: Seventeenth to twentieth century
Author: Detroit Institute of ArtsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Discipline-Based Art Education
Author: Kay AlexanderPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892361719
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This sampler was designed for art specialists and art museum educators with a basic understanding of teaching discipline-based art education content. The introduction offers a brief history of the Sampler and explains its intended purpose and use. Then 8 unit models with differing methodologies for relating art objectives to the four disciplines: aesthetics, art criticism, art history, and art production, are presented. The sampler consists of two elementary units, two units for middle school, two units intended for required high school art, one high school studio ceramic unit, and a brief unit for art teachers and art museum educators that focuses on visits to art museums. Learning activities, resource material, and learning strategies are given for the units along with a sequence of lessons organized on a theme.
Earth and Fire
Author: Peta MotturePublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300090803
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Catalog of the Library of the National Museum of African Art Branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Author: Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art BranchPublisher: G. K. Hall
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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