Art - African

A collection of a significant group of artistic voices from the vast African diaspora that offers visual and philosophical thought rich in references to African history, mysticism, mythology, ecology, and fiction. The visual and textual proposals presented in Black Ancient Futures challenge the dominant...

Dazzling designs and the multifaceted fashion scene of North Africa. A Meeting of Cultures is a pathbreaking work focused specifically on contemporary fashion designers and influencers in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. Lavishly illustrated, it broadens the scope of scholarship on the fashion...

A personal reflection on fragmentation, language, and place. Following one of the Turfan archaeological expeditions in the early 1900s, a fragment of a Manichaean text written in Uighur and Old Turkic found its way to the Asian Art Museum in Berlin. Originating from the...

Is there an autonomous republic of art that transcends time and place? Canadian writer Madeleine Thien reflects on a fragment of a mural depicting Three Uighur Princes from one of the Bezeklik Caves along the Northern Silk Road, in what is now the Xinjiang...

From Kingston, Jamaica, to London, England, 'The Making of a Masterpiece' recounts the remarkable, true story of Fowokan George Kelly-a contemporary creative artist, musician and visionary who defied the odds.Arriving in the UK as a boy in 1957, Fowokan faced the harsh realities of...

India Impressions: With Some Notes Of Ceylon During A Winter Tour, 1906-07 is a travelogue written by Walter Crane in 1907. It is a detailed account of his travels through India and Ceylon during the winter of 1906-07. The book is filled with vivid...

The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 is a comprehensive historical account of the War of 1812, written by Benson J. Lossing. This book is the first volume of the series and is filled with vivid illustrations, maps, and descriptions of the battles,...

Explores the dynamics of African masquerades and mask performances on the continent, linking performative expressions to societal characteristics. What is the meaning of masks and masquerades in African traditions and how can we understand their role in rituals and performances? Why do we find...

A groundbreaking history of Africa's looted architectural heritage--and a bold proposal for the repatriation of the continent's stolen cultural artifacts Between the nineteenth century and today, colonial officials, collectors, and anthropologists dismembered African buildings and dispersed their parts to museums in Europe and the...

An introduction to the art and aesthetics of southwest Nigeria using the writings of Yor?b? scholars and artists who have made these subjects their special interest over the last forty years. Barry Hallen brings together the writings of four pioneering Yor?b? thinkers who write...

When asked about what makes art meaningful to me the first thing, I could think of was that I think it saved my life. Life is not always easy, and sometimes you are dealt a bad hand. But my artwork has been something that...

A groundbreaking analysis of one of the most significant collections of African art in the United States The collection of African art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is among the most comprehensive in the United States, featuring works in all media from...

The latest volume in The Met's How to Read series, focusing on the rich and varied textiles of Africa through forty exemplars from the nineteenth century to the present day Across the African continent, handwoven cloth and clothing have historically been labor-intensive creations deeply...

The Art of Afrofuturism explores the groundbreaking artwork of dozens of artists from multiple continents and across the African Diaspora who are contributing to a new vision of the future and their place in it. Whether from the continent of Africa, the Caribbean, North...

A 300-plus-page primer on the vanguards of contemporary African artThe Qatar-based ARAK Collection holds over 4,000 works of contemporary African art. The more than 100 works presented here provide a comprehensive overview of continental trends. Each artist receives a biographical essay written by Ghanian...

A rare look into the ancient Ethiopian art of telsem from a modern master of the practiceRealized in collaboration with the Africa Institute, Sharjah, and Sharjah Art Foundation, this comprehensive survey features work by the prolific contemporary Ethiopian artist Henok Melkamzer, who has attained...

Artists from across the African and South Asian diasporas grapple with colonial legacies through a reimagining of the lost city of Atlantis transplanted to the bottom of the Indian OceanWhat if the book was a technology invented at sea? How would its language reflect...

Evoking landscapes and the human body as sites of memory, van den Berg inserts queer perspectives into the larger rewriting of South African historyZambia-born, South Africa-based artist Clive van den Berg (born 1956) produces a range of multimedia works unified by five themes: memory,...

Wisdom Tales from Africa is an anthology of stories drawn from several African traditions. Wisdom stories were traditionally told by the elders of the group, and besides being a wonderful source of entertainment, they served to emphasize the consequences of certain behavior.The wisdom, truths...

Culture and the Contemporary AfricanEdited by Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju and Kirsten Holst PetersenThe contributions in this volume span the globally contested domains of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and aesthetics, with specific reference to Africa.They also cover the key cultural areas of language, literature, music, dance,...

"For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways." Psalm 91:11 This little booklet highlights more than 500 years of paintings with angels, many of them scenes from the New Testament, and some from the Old Testament....

Giovanni Della Robbia is a book written by Allan Marquand and published in 1920. The book is a comprehensive study of the life and work of the Italian Renaissance sculptor Giovanni Della Robbia. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which explores...

Author: Bruno BarbeyISBN-10: 8836658938ISBN-13: 9788836658930Publisher: Silvana EditorialeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2025Pages: 208Format: Paperback

Join me on an inspiring poetic journey towards rediscovering hope amidst the existential crisis that often clouds our minds. With classic styles ranging from Haiku to Tanka and more, this beautifully crafted collection of poems will accompany you on a soulful quest of the...

During 1988 Anita Bunn left South Africa for America to see how other people lived. It would be for 36 months, she told her mother. She returned 8 years later with her son and settled into a small cottage on a big farm in...

In a world where the notion of home is more traumatizing than it is comforting, artists are using this literal and figurative space to reframe human responses to trauma.Building on the scholarship of key art historians and theorists such as Judith Butler and Mieke...

Author: Morad MontazamiISBN-10: 3959058489ISBN-13: 9783959058483Publisher: Spector BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/29/2025Pages: 136Format: Paperback

Features the provenance research undertaken at eight Swiss museums on their Benin collections and the dialogue on the objects' history and future with partners in Nigeria. This multifaceted reader explores the cultural heritage of the Kingdom of Benin, in the territory of what today...

Egypt: the Book of time is the most innovative book on ancient Egypt to appear in many years. It contains beautiful color photographs of ancient temples and monuments and their hieroglyphic inscriptions, along with English translations of the inscriptions done by the author. This...

In the years after independence, new art forms and practices flourished at the Casablanca ?cole des beaux-arts, transforming the colonial relic into a wellspring of Moroccan modernism. Casablanca School artists, including Farid Belkahia, Mohammed Chebaa, and Mohammed Melehi, defined the modernist movement in Morocco....

In the years after independence, new art forms and practices flourished at the Casablanca ?cole des Beaux-Arts, transforming the colonial relic into a zeitgeist of Moroccan modernism. Casablanca School artists, including Farid Belkahia, Mohammed Chebaa, and Mohammed Melehi, defined the modernist movement in Morocco...

Author: Sloane BrightskyISBN-13: 9798348428044Publisher: Sloane BrightskyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/16/2025Pages: 86Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d

Curating Transcultural Spaces asks what a museum which enables the presentation of multiple perspectives might look like. Can identity be global and local at the same time? How may one curate dual identity? More broadly, what is the link between the arts and processes...

A fresh lens capturing the cosmos of Africa and its everlasting presence in our global societies. This lavishly illustrated volume approaches the vast continent of Africa from a variety of viewpoints that go beyond prejudice and stereotypes and use cultural history and contemporary art...

An introduction to North African Indigenous cinema through a new understanding of the Amazigh homelandsAmazigh Cinema: An Introduction to North African Indigenous Film examines the emergence of Amazigh visual media in its historical and cultural contexts and engages in a decolonization of the studies...

An astonishing new narrative of Mandu Yenu, a throne from the ancient Kingdom of Bamum. "Most of the time, it is the power of men that we remember." With these words, which open L?onora Miano's text for Objects Talk Back, an astonishing new narrative...

By studying multiple cultural expressions of Blackness throughout different regions of the Americas, the chapters of this book consider the relationship that social and historical processes such as sovereignty and colonialism have on cultural productions made by and about Black Latina women. Author: Rosita...

Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 83This study for the first time provides an in-depth examination of the Butana Group ceramics that in turn represent a large sedentary development existing in the far reaches of the eastern Sahel during the 4th millennium BC. These particular...

George Caleb Bingham: The Missouri Artist is a book written by Fern Helen Rusk and published in 1917. The book is a biography of the American artist George Caleb Bingham, who was known for his paintings depicting everyday life in Missouri during the mid-19th...

Shiraz Painting In The Sixteenth Century is a book written by Grace Dunham Guest that explores the art of painting in the city of Shiraz during the 16th century. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the techniques, styles, and themes used by the...

An intimate reflection on culture and tradition, creativity and power, that draws on a lifetime's commitment to aesthetic encounter The playwright, poet, essayist, novelist, and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is also a longtime art collector. This book of essays offers a glimpse into the...

An exploration of contemporary African masquerade that reveals its cultural contexts, artistic innovations, and intersection with museum collection practices By placing masquerade at the forefront of contemporary African art, this volume shows how masquerade is a dynamic and urban phenomenon shaped by shifting global...

In the southernmost region of the African continent, women have been piecing together materials--textile construction techniques commonly used in quilting-- to create bed coverings throughout the history of the San and Khoi peoples. From the late seventeenth century through the early nineteenth century, an...

This volume gathers contemporary digital imaginaries of neoliberal multinational extractivism as a terra nullius upgrade at the West African coast together with the long-term practice of encoding matter as a poetics of resistance within colonial extractivism.Author: Filipa CesarISBN-10: 395905601XISBN-13: 9783959056014Publisher: Spector BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2025Pages:...

A dynamic look at the potential of disguise seen in masks, installations, and performances by contemporary artists of African descent While masks are a major art form in many parts of Africa, their use has taken new turns in the 21st century. Disguise: Masks...

An expansive look at more than a century of Pan-Africanist art and the ways it embodies the movement's principles and global ambitions Since the term Pan-Africanism was coined around 1900, the movement's promise has been to foster liberation and solidarity for Black peoples worldwide....

When we think of the Last Supper and art, we often think immediately of Leonardo da Vinci. But the Last Supper has actually been the subject of paintings by artists for many centuries. Here is a collection of more than three dozen versions of...

Charmed Circles is a captivating book that takes readers on a journey through history, exploring the lives and legacies of some of the world's most influential women. From Aspasia, the influential Athenian woman who was the partner of Pericles, to modern-day icons like Coco...

An intimate historical portrait of the women of Nubia and their unique house decorations including over 400 full color and black and white photographs Between 1960 and 1970 the building of the Aswan Dam led to the creation of a lake that drowned the...

South African artist Irma Stern (1894-1966) is one of the nation's most enigmatic modern figures. Stern held conservative political positions on race even as her subjects openly challenged racism and later the apartheid regime. Using paintings, archival research, and new interviews, this book explores...