Sahel Art And Empires On The Shores Of The Sahara
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Author |
: Alisa LaGamma |
Publisher |
: Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages |
: 307 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781588396877 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1588396878 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara by : Alisa LaGamma
This groundbreaking volume examines the extraordinary artistic and cultural traditions of the African region known as the western Sahel, a vast area on the southern edge of the Sahara desert that includes present-day Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. This is the first book to present a comprehensive overview of the diverse cultural achievements and traditions of the region, spanning more than 1,300 years from the pre Islamic period through the nineteenth century. It features some of the earliest extant art from sub Saharan Africa as well as such iconic works as sculptures by the Dogon and Bamana peoples of Mali. Essays by leading international scholars discuss the art, architecture, archaeology, literature, philosophy, religion, and history of the Sahel, exploring the unique cultural landscape in which these ancient communities flourished. Richly illustrated and brilliantly argued, Sahel brings to life the enduring forms of expression created by the peoples who lived in this diverse crossroads of the world.
Author |
: Kathleen Bickford Berzock |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 313 |
Release |
: 2019-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691182681 |
ISBN-13 |
: 069118268X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time by : Kathleen Bickford Berzock
Issued in conjunction with the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time, held January 26, 2019-July 21, 2019, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Author |
: Alisa LaGamma |
Publisher |
: Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages |
: 138 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781588390745 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1588390748 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Genesis by : Alisa LaGamma
The seventy-five masterpieces presented here, drawn from public and private American collections, are among the most celebrated icons of African art, works that are superb artistic creations as well as expressions of a society's most profound conceptions about its beginnings. All are reproduced in color and are accompanied by entries that illuminate the distinctive cultural contexts that inspired their creation and informed their appreciation."--BOOK JACKET.
Author |
: David C. Conrad |
Publisher |
: Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 153 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781604131642 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1604131640 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Empires of Medieval West Africa by : David C. Conrad
Explores empires of medieval west Africa.
Author |
: Alisa LaGamma |
Publisher |
: Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages |
: 52 |
Release |
: 2014-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Synopsis The Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas by : Alisa LaGamma
This Bulletin and the exhibition it accompanies, "The Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision: In Pursuit of the Best in Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas," reflect on an extraordinary act of philanthropy that was also a catalyst for momentous change in the art world. In establishing the Museum of Primitive Art (MPA) in 1956—the precursor to what is today the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (AAOA) at the Metropolitan Museum—Nelson Rockefeller was a true pioneer, assembling what remains the greatest collection of fine art from these disparate fields. Perhaps even more important than this singular achievement, however, was Rockefeller's long campaign to place his collection at the Metropolitan Museum as a gift to the city and to the world, which he finally achieved in 1969 after nearly forty years of effort. Rockefeller's gift carried the unequivocal message that artists from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas are equal in every respect to those of their peers across the globe and throughout history. Yet until that time there was, famously, skepticism in the Western art world on this point as well as resistance from earlier generations of Metropolitan directors in viewing non-Western art as part of the institution's mission. Relying on his formidable powers of persuasion, Rockefeller eventually brokered an agreement to transfer the collections, staff, and library of the of the MPA to the Metropolitan, an astounding triumph that fundamentally changed the character of the museum, making the collections truly encyclopedic.
Author |
: Kate Ezra |
Publisher |
: Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages |
: 346 |
Release |
: 1992 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780870996337 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0870996339 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Royal Art of Benin by : Kate Ezra
Tantalizing trivia. this Hitler, spoiling everything?"
Author |
: Martin Heidegger |
Publisher |
: SUNY Press |
Total Pages |
: 100 |
Release |
: 2005-07-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0791464954 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780791464953 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sojourns by : Martin Heidegger
Heidegger's philosophical journal, written during his first visit to Greece in 1962, and appearing here in English for the first time.
Author |
: Warren M. Robbins |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 1966 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015042454796 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis African Art in American Collections by : Warren M. Robbins
Author |
: Kate Ezra |
Publisher |
: Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages |
: 118 |
Release |
: 1988 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780810918740 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0810918749 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Art of the Dogon by : Kate Ezra
Author |
: Alisa LaGamma |
Publisher |
: Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages |
: 312 |
Release |
: 2015-09-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781588395757 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1588395758 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Kongo: Power and Majesty by : Alisa LaGamma
A fascinating account of the effects of turbulent history on one of Africa’s most storied kingdoms, Kongo: Power and Majesty presents over 170 works of art from the Kingdom of Kongo (an area that includes present-day Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Angola). The book covers 400 years of Kongolese culture, from the fifteenth century, when Portuguese, Dutch, and Italian merchants and missionaries brought Christianity to the region, to the nineteenth, when engagement with Europe had turned to colonial incursion and the kingdom dissolved under the pressures of displacement, civil war, and the devastation of the slave trade. The works of art—which range from depictions of European iconography rendered in powerful, indigenous forms to fearsome minkondi, or power figures—serve as an assertion of enduring majesty in the face of upheaval, and richly illustrate the book’s powerful thesis.