Art of Central Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Art of Central Africa write by Hans-Joachim Koloss. This book was released on 1990. Art of Central Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Art and Power in the Central African Savanna
Art and Power in the Central African Savanna - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Art and Power in the Central African Savanna write by Constantijn Petridis. This book was released on 2008. Art and Power in the Central African Savanna available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Revealing the powers immanent in works that the West long regarded only as exotic or abstract, Constantine Petridis looks beneath the surface of the arts of the Luba, Songye, Chokwe and Luluwa peoples to find, literally embedded in sculpture, the forces that enable the spirit world to intervene in daily life. Ritual use of these objects is expected to ensure a healthy birth, successful hunt, or triumph over an enemy. Analysis of the scholarly record illuminates the changing visions of leadership and prestige that fostered the development of the majestic, elaborate figure styles long prized in the West. These sculptures nevertheless retain the mysterious potency of more humble objects trusted for centuries to protect, heal and harm. Art and Power in the Central African Savanna examines an artistic culture in which the sacred and the secular are indivisible, and aesthetic and moral value inseparable.
The Art of Central Africa
The Art of Central Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Art of Central Africa write by William Fagg. This book was released on 1967. The Art of Central Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Art of Africa
The Art of Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Art of Africa write by Christa Clarke. This book was released on 2006. The Art of Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A CD-ROM and DVD set extracted from the 'The Art of Africa: A Resource for Educators.' The CD-ROM "contains a PDF of 'The Art of Africa: A Resource for Educators, ' which features forty traditional works of African art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It includes a brief overview of the Metropolitan's collection of African art; a short introduction and history of Africa; an explanation of the role of visual expression in the continent; descriptions of the featured works of art and background about the materials and techniques that were used to created them ... The DVD, 'Ci Wara Invocation, ' "presents the highlights of a dozen ci wara performances in Bamana communities in present-day Mali that were recorded by five different observers between 1970-2002. Among the Bamana, oral traditions credit a mythical being named Ci Wara, a divine being half mortal and half antelope, with the introduction of agriculture to the Bamana. The ci wara performances are part of biannual celebrations that either launch or conclude the farming season."--Container
African Art
African Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook African Art write by Brooklyn Museum. This book was released on 2009. African Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Brooklyn Museum was one of the first North American institutions to collect and exhibit African material culture as art rather than artifact. Today the museum's collection numbers more than six thousand pieces and is noted for its artistic quality and educational value, as well as a breadth and depth that would be impossible to achieve today. Ancient as well as contemporary art is included in the collection's vast holdings, while the figurative sculpture and masks of Central Africa comprise its most significant focus. Nearly two hundred of those pieces are featured in this large-format compendium, which includes essays by the museum's curator of African art and a leading scholar on the subject. Taking readers through a cultural exploration of the continent, the collection encompasses regions from Western Sudan and the Southwestern Congo to the Equatorial Forest and Ethiopia. Carefully photographed and presented in luminous colour, these pieces create a stunning introduction to the rich traditions of African art and culture. AUTHORS: William Siegman served as the Brooklyn Museum's curator of African and Oceanic art from 1987 until his retirement in 2007. He is currently a consulting curator with the Saint Louis Art Museum. Joseph Adande lectures at the National University of Benin, Abomey-Calavi. He was the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Kevin D. Dumouchelle is Interim Assistant Curator of the Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands at the Brooklyn Museum. ILLUSTRATIONS 235 images
