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- catalog abstract ""This is a pioneering introduction to a subject that is still at an early stage of academic development. It aims to provide the reader with a systematic method for the historical understanding of African art. Professor Vansina considers the medium, technique, style and meaning of art objects and examines the creative process through which they come into being. Numerous photographs and drawings illustrate his arguments, and help to explain the changes that have taken place." http://books.google.com/books?id=DixtRQAACAAJ.".
- catalog contributor b317755.
- catalog created "1984.".
- catalog date "1984".
- catalog date "1984.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1984.".
- catalog description ""This is a pioneering introduction to a subject that is still at an early stage of academic development. It aims to provide the reader with a systematic method for the historical understanding of African art. Professor Vansina considers the medium, technique, style and meaning of art objects and examines the creative process through which they come into being. Numerous photographs and drawings illustrate his arguments, and help to explain the changes that have taken place." http://books.google.com/books?id=DixtRQAACAAJ.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 214-223.".
- catalog description "Identification -- Society, the mother of art -- Medina and techniques -- Style -- The interpretation of icons -- Culture and art -- The creative process -- The creative process : foreign inputs -- Wider perspectives -- Art in history.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 233 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Art history in Africa.".
- catalog identifier "0582643678 (hard)".
- catalog identifier "0582643686 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Art history in Africa.".
- catalog issued "1984".
- catalog issued "1984.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Longman,".
- catalog relation "Art history in Africa.".
- catalog subject "Art, African.".
- catalog subject "N7380 .V36 1984".
- catalog tableOfContents "Identification -- Society, the mother of art -- Medina and techniques -- Style -- The interpretation of icons -- Culture and art -- The creative process -- The creative process : foreign inputs -- Wider perspectives -- Art in history.".
- catalog title "Art history in Africa : an introduction to method / J. Vansina ; drawings by C. Vansina.".
- catalog type "text".