Art - African

Fusing modern architecture and vibrant colors, the first compendium of Wassef Boutros-Ghali's paintings is a statement of sophisticationThis is the first comprehensive book dedicated to Egyptian artist Wassef Boutros-Ghali (1924-2023), offering an in-depth exploration of his storied life, the works produced across his distinct...

Discover the 3 rules that every successful group follows that allows them to thrive & dominate even in societies where they are unwanted minorities.This books explores what Africans need to do if they want to improve their lot on this planet and become competitive.Author:...

This newly edited volume, Bali Nyonga Today covers about thirty years of (1985-2015) developments in Bali Nyonga, Cameroon. Already well-established as a city-state prior to German colonization in the 19th century, Bali Nyonga continues to adapt to national and global changes since its incorporation...

The art of decolonisation examines how artists challenged colonial legacies and reconfigured power through transnational networks of art and diplomacy. Adopting a global and transhistorical perspective, it explores artistic, political, and institutional relations between France and Senegal during decolonisation and the Cold War. From...

A twelve year old stands in front of his sixth grade classroom, beside a science demonstration table with electric switch in his hand. Nobody had ever seen electric light in his village before. With windows closed and the door shut, he turns the light...

Graffiti as an art form began in Washington Heights. As bombing became competitive, the foundations of an inter-borough competition were established with important hubs, such as the writer's bench, elevated trains, train yards and lay-ups located in the South Bronx. In the early 1970's...

""Walks In Florence And Its Environs V2"" is a travel guidebook written by Susan Horner and originally published in 1884. The book is a comprehensive guide to exploring the city of Florence and its surrounding areas, with detailed descriptions of various walking routes and...

The Art of Nepal and Tibet is a publication from the Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin, Volume 55, Number 265, Spring, 1960, written by Stella Kramrisch. The book is a comprehensive study of the art forms of Nepal and Tibet, providing a detailed analysis...

Images of the American City is a book by Anselm Leonard Strauss that explores the visual representation of American cities through various mediums such as photography, film, and television. The book delves into the ways in which these mediums capture the essence of urban...

The Paris Sketch Book; Eastern Sketches; The Irish Sketch Book V2 (1900) is a collection of three books by the renowned English author, William Makepeace Thackeray. The first book, The Paris Sketch Book, is a collection of essays and short stories that Thackeray wrote...

While many publications focus on the aesthetics and symbolism of African art, few explore the historical dynamics and exchanges that have informed the way people in Africa have created, preserved, collected, and sold their artworks to local and foreign patrons. The book addresses key...

Kifwebe masks are ceremonial objects used by the Songye and Luba societies (Democratic Republic of Congo), where they are worn with costumes consisting of a long robe and a long beard made of plant fibres. As in other central African cultures, the same mask...

Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 84This work presents contributions from South African, European, and North American authors working in academic and governmental institutions. Chapters provide latest regional syntheses and discuss diverse topics, such as Acheulean hominin behaviour, Holocene hunter-gatherer subsistence, settlement patterns and land...

The helmet-shaped mapiko masks of Mozam-bique have garnered admiration from African art scholars and collectors alike, due to their striking aesthetics and their grotesque allure. This book restores to mapiko its historic and artistic context, charting in detail the transformations of this masquerading tradition...

Author: Flame Tree StudioISBN-10: 1806940671ISBN-13: 9781806940677Publisher: Flame Tree CalendarsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/14/2026Pages: 12Format: WallNot available to be shipped via Media Mail

This book offers a compelling exploration of Nigeria's vibrant cultural and creative industries, unpacking their core components, challenges, institutional frameworks, and transformative potential for national development. Author: Ikechukwu ObiayaISBN-10: 1041023855ISBN-13: 9781041023852Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2025Pages: 292Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.33lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d

In no other society in the world have urbanisation and industrialization been as comprehensively based on migrant labour as in South Africa. Rather than focusing on the well-documented narrative of displacement and oppression, A Long Way Home captures the humanity, agency and creative modes...

Moving far beyond predominant views of Africa as a place to be 'saved', and even more recent celebratory formulations of it as 'rising', African Luxury: Aesthetics and Politics highlights and critically interrogates the visual and material cultures of lavish and luxurious consumption already present...

This volume attempts to join the disparate worlds of Egyptian, Maghrebian, South African, Francophone, and Anglophone African cinema--that is, five "formations" of African cinema. These five areas are of particular significance--each in its own way. The history of South Africa, heavily marked by apartheid...

Despite incredible political upheavals and a minimal national history of film production, movies such as Come Back, Africa (1959), uDeliwe (1975), and Fools (1998) have taken on an iconic status within South African culture. In this much-needed study, author Litheko Modisane delves into the...

Christianity In Modern Art is a book by Frank Getlein that explores the relationship between Christianity and modern art. The book examines how artists have used Christian themes, symbols, and imagery in their works, as well as how they have challenged and subverted traditional...

""Mirror for Americans: Likeness of the Eastern Seaboard, 1810"" is a book written by Ralph Hall Brown. The book is a comprehensive portrait of the Eastern Seaboard of the United States in the year 1810. It provides a detailed account of the social, economic,...

Still Life Painting in America is a comprehensive study of the history and evolution of still life painting in America. Written by Wolfgang Born, an art historian and curator, the book covers the period from the 17th century to the present day, exploring the...

Hints To Young Painters And The Process Of Portrait Painting As Practiced By The Late Thomas Sully (1873) is a book written by the renowned American portrait painter, Thomas Sully. The book is primarily intended for aspiring painters who want to learn the techniques...

This book discusses the role of cultural practices and policy for sustainable development in West Africa across different artistic disciplines, including performance, video, theatre, community arts and cultural heritage. Based on ethnographic field research in local communities, the book presents findings on current debates...

Short-listed for the Fage & Oliver Prize for outstanding scholarly work published on Africa.Finalist, African Studies Association Book Prize.Finalist, ASA Bethwell A. Ogot Prize for best book in east African studies.If modernism initially came to Africa through colonial contact, what does Ethiopia's inimitable historical...

Together, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium, and the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaire (IMNZ) in the Congo have defined and marketed Congolese art and culture. In Authentically African, Sarah Van Beurden traces the relationship between the possession, definition, and...

The art of sub-Saharan Africa reveals the marvelous achievements of unknown artists over thousands of years. Their aesthetic ideal finds form in wood, ivory, fabric, bronze and iron. This illustrated study of traditional African art includes pieces from Western Sudan, the Congolese Basin, the...

In the rural plateaux of northern Ethiopia, one can still find scattered ruins of monumental buildings that are evidently alien to the country's ancient architectural tradition. This little-known and rarely studied architectural heritage is a silent witness to a fascinating if equivocal cultural encounter...

Broadening the Debate on EU-Africa Relations is designed to expand the scope of our understanding of the multi-layered relationship between the European Union and African political actors in order to shape both the academic and policy level discourse. The focus on chapters highlighting an...

Throughout Africa one craft among many stands out: that of the blacksmith. In many African cultures, smiths occupy a significant position, not just as artisans engaging in a difficult craft but also as special people. Often they perform other crafts, as well, and make...

West African combs: a hundred sublime pieces from an exceptional private collection. A tribute to sculpture and personal adornment. This book is put together like a jewel and contains a carefully chosen selection of around 100 West African combs from one of the world's...

Author: Lena LariceISBN-13: 9798232217945Publisher: Lena LariceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2025Pages: 54Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13d

The book ""Geometry Of Greek Vases: Attic Vases In The Museum Of Fine Arts Analyzed According To The Principles Of Proportion Discovered By Jay Hambidge"" by Lacey Davis Caskey is a comprehensive study of the geometry and proportion of ancient Greek vases. Focusing specifically...

Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter at dimensions between approximately 1 and 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. Encompassing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology, nanotechnology involves imaging, measuring, modeling, and manipulating matter at this length scale. Increased energy efficiency, a...

Welcome to an Alphabet book with a twist - with two or more paintings for each letter. A fun way to review the alphabet with students, to introduce them to great art, or both. Students can look through these paintings that span many centuries,...

For centuries, Africa has been the center of global trade in gold. Synonymous with wealth and power in African cultures, the precious metal was also central to the emergence of Europe's colonial empires and the contemporary world made in its wake. Black and gold...

For centuries, Africa has been the center of global trade in gold. Synonymous with wealth and power in African cultures, the precious metal was also central to the emergence of Europe's colonial empires and the contemporary world made in its wake. Black and gold...

The Creation and Materialization of Forms is a book written by Edward Carpenter that explores the concept of thought forms and their manifestation in the physical world. The book delves into the idea that thoughts have a tangible energy that can be harnessed and...

After completing his studies in Spain's La Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts), the artist Ahmed Amrani (b. 1942) returned to a newly independent Morocco, where he spent a demanding period creating murals and posters...

South African artist William Kentridge, one of the leading artists of our time, offers a personal insight into his work, his childhood, and his artistic techniques, and the studio spaces he has occupied throughout his lifeWhat is of us, and what is not? Where...

Philip Matogo, an instructor at the Kiguli Army Primary School in Kampala, Uganda, began a journey with his students in 2012. By cooperating with PDMI Publishing, a small press in the United States, he was able to share the poetry of his students throughout...

Drawing on a rich archive of colonial photography, Mokoena explores how images of African policemen and nightwatchmen in colonial South Africa challenged traditional narratives of oppression, revealing how uniform and portraiture transformed the black male figure into an aesthetic subject worthy of admiration. This...

Drawing on a rich archive of colonial photography, Mokoena explores how images of African policemen and nightwatchmen in colonial South Africa challenged traditional narratives of oppression, revealing how uniform and portraiture transformed the black male figure into an aesthetic subject worthy of admiration. This...

Mintirho ya Vulavula: Arts, National Identities and Democracy examines the role of arts and culture in development, and specifically its value in consolidating our nascent democracy and in facilitating the transformation of South African society.Contributors to this edited volume interrogate the role of arts,...

A ground-breaking collection of essays on African art, culture and de-colonial imagination Africa is a convenient abbreviation for 54 countries in which more than a thousand languages are spoken. This book offers a side-long glance, one that complicate the idea of a single continent...

""The Old Stone Crosses of Dorset"" is a book written by Alfred Pope and published in 1906. The book is a comprehensive guide to the ancient stone crosses found in the county of Dorset, England. It provides a detailed history of each cross, including...

Transcultural Exchange through Art provides an exploration of two countries and their capital cities, two regions and their growing cultural engagement with one another, soft and hard power and their impact on the arts, multiculturalism, museums, globalization, cosmopolitanism and postcoloniality.Drawing on the author's experiences...

In the mid-seventh century, a class of Buddhist pilgrim-monks disseminated an art style in China, Japan, and Korea that was uniform in both iconography and formal properties. Traveling between the courts and religious centers of the region, these pilgrim-monks played a powerful role in...

Amidst the chaos of life and relationships, therecomes a point in life to reflect on the lessons we'velearnt and how we can move on from the relationshipsthat hurt us. This book speaks on the process ofallowing ourselves to heal, helping us reflect on thosecircumstances...