African art in detail /
Spring, Christopher.
African art in detail / Christopher Spring. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. - 144 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Preface -- 1. What is African art? -- 2. Contemporary art of Africa -- 3. Reveal and conceal : the art of masquerade -- 4. Cloth and culture : African textiles, African people -- 5. Royal art and kingship in western Africa -- 6. Iron and wood, men and women : African sculpture and the art of living -- 7. Power of the hand : tools and weapons from Olduvai to the Tree of Life -- 8. Smashing pots and an ostrich egg : ceramic classics of Africa -- 9. The global phenomenon of Africa -- 10. Further information.
9780674036222 (alk. paper)
2009011218
Art, African--Themes, motives.
N7380 / .S67 2009
709.6
African art in detail / Christopher Spring. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. - 144 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Preface -- 1. What is African art? -- 2. Contemporary art of Africa -- 3. Reveal and conceal : the art of masquerade -- 4. Cloth and culture : African textiles, African people -- 5. Royal art and kingship in western Africa -- 6. Iron and wood, men and women : African sculpture and the art of living -- 7. Power of the hand : tools and weapons from Olduvai to the Tree of Life -- 8. Smashing pots and an ostrich egg : ceramic classics of Africa -- 9. The global phenomenon of Africa -- 10. Further information.
9780674036222 (alk. paper)
2009011218
Art, African--Themes, motives.
N7380 / .S67 2009
709.6