Author: University of Pennsylvania. University Museum
Publisher: Univ Museum Publications
ISBN: 9780876330678
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 151

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Author: University of Pennsylvania. University Museum
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Author: Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300208009
Category : African American art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Represent: 200 years of African American art,' Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 10-April 5, 2015"--Title-page vers

Author: University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN: 1931707847
Category : CD-ROMs
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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"Romano describes each piece completely, with measurements, accession data where known, report of condition, a list of the published sources, and commentary reflecting the most recent scholarship. Photographs provide additional information for each entry. An accompanying CD includes 54 color images, many of which are of the pieces. Various audiences will appreciate the accessibility of the scholarship presented here; students may engage in further study on some of the topics raised by individual pieces or groups of sculptures, and the scholarly community will welcome a work that provides an up-to-date and comprehensive examination of a significant Classical sculpture collection."--BOOK JACKET.

Author: Heritage Auction Galleries (Dallas, Tex.)
Publisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN: 9781599671529
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: Kathy Curnow
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum
ISBN: 1949057208
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 149

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This guide examines America's oldest collection of Benin art, and one of its least published. Ivory, brass, and wooden art from one of the greatest African precolonial states--the only sub-Saharan polity with 500 years of surviving art--are examined through contextual lenses that provide insight into the Ẹdo people's creativity and world view. The guide also considers the collection's specific history and growth, and current plans to repatriate the artworks back to Nigeria's Benin Kingdom. For readers unfamiliar with Benin and its art, this introduces the complexities of the palace, its successive monarchs and chiefs, and interprets metaphorical motifs such as mudfish, leopards, and elephants. Artworks refer to family and court rivalries, as well as the strict court hierarchies that dictated who could use which materials and wear particular regalia. Interactions with the Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries, their impact on trade and luxury goods, and their introduction of Catholicism paint a portrait of a society that absorbed only what they found useful and flourished in both war and peace. Original fieldwork illuminates Benin art and culture and previously published archival material provides insight regarding major collectors and individuals who shaped the field of African art history.

Author: Virginia-Lee Webb
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870999397
Category : Photography of sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Author: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
Publisher:
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Category : Sculpture, African
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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Author: Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
ISBN: 9780896723467
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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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.