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Arts of Africa : 7000 years of African art / [edited by Ezio Bassani].
Fine Arts Library - Core Reading Collection N7380.5 .A783 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, African--Catalogs.
- Art, African.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 409 pages : color illustrations, map ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Milan : Skira ; Monaco : Grimaldi Forum Monaco, 2005.
- Summary:
- The Traditional Art volume presents a panorama of 6,000 years in the history of African art by highlighting archetypal and iconic works from various regions and important historic periods-400 objects beautifully reproduced in full color. This immense artistic and historic fresco highlights the beauty and force of these works from regions now comprising Nigeria, Benin, the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Mali, and Sudan. The book also examines the influence of African art on 20th-century Western masters such as Picasso, Modigliani, and Brancusi.
- Contents:
- Ancient art
- African ivories
- Traditional art
- Between the fin-de-siecle and the roaring twenties.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Exhibit held at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco on July 16-September 4, 2005.
- ISBN:
- 8876242848
- OCLC:
- 62189542
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