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- 2009011218 abstract "From the Publisher: This book opens with the question: What is African art? The answer is a brilliantly colorful and detailed look at the myriad materials and genres, forms and meanings, cultural contexts and expressions that comprise artistic traditions across this vast and varied continent. Viewing artworks in their contexts-ancient and modern, urban and rural, western and eastern, decorative and functional-the book is nothing less than a virtual tour of African culture. Masks, textiles, royal art, sculpture, ceramics, tools and weapons-in each instance, the book features examples that reveal the most significant aspects of workmanship, materials, and design in objects of wood, stone, ivory, clay, metalwork, featherwork, leather, basketwork, and cloth. Photographs of each piece alongside close-ups of fine details afford new views of these works and allow for intriguing comparisons between seemingly unrelated objects and media. The featured details evoke the hand and eye of the most accomplished craftspeople across Africa, past and present. In sum, these photographs, along with Christopher Spring's enlightening commentary, offer an experience of African art that is at once broad and deep, richly informed and intimately felt. They are, at the same time, a kaleidoscopic view of art from prehistory to gestures prefiguring the future.".
- 2009011218 contributor B11406079.
- 2009011218 created "2009.".
- 2009011218 date "2009".
- 2009011218 date "2009.".
- 2009011218 dateCopyrighted "2009.".
- 2009011218 description "From the Publisher: This book opens with the question: What is African art? The answer is a brilliantly colorful and detailed look at the myriad materials and genres, forms and meanings, cultural contexts and expressions that comprise artistic traditions across this vast and varied continent. Viewing artworks in their contexts-ancient and modern, urban and rural, western and eastern, decorative and functional-the book is nothing less than a virtual tour of African culture. Masks, textiles, royal art, sculpture, ceramics, tools and weapons-in each instance, the book features examples that reveal the most significant aspects of workmanship, materials, and design in objects of wood, stone, ivory, clay, metalwork, featherwork, leather, basketwork, and cloth. Photographs of each piece alongside close-ups of fine details afford new views of these works and allow for intriguing comparisons between seemingly unrelated objects and media. The featured details evoke the hand and eye of the most accomplished craftspeople across Africa, past and present. In sum, these photographs, along with Christopher Spring's enlightening commentary, offer an experience of African art that is at once broad and deep, richly informed and intimately felt. They are, at the same time, a kaleidoscopic view of art from prehistory to gestures prefiguring the future.".
- 2009011218 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 2009011218 description "Preface -- Introduction: What is African art? -- 1: Contemporary art of Africa -- 2: Art of masquerade -- 3: Cloth, history and culture -- 4: Brass, bronze and gold -- 5: Wood and iron, women and men -- 6: Tools, arms and amour -- 7: Ceramic classics -- 8: Africa around the world -- 9: Further information -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Collections of African art -- Sources of quotations -- Illustration references -- Index.".
- 2009011218 extent "144 p. :".
- 2009011218 identifier "0674036220 (alk. paper)".
- 2009011218 identifier "9780674036222 (alk. paper)".
- 2009011218 isPartOf "Art in detail".
- 2009011218 isPartOf "Art in detail.".
- 2009011218 issued "2009".
- 2009011218 issued "2009.".
- 2009011218 language "eng".
- 2009011218 publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- 2009011218 subject "709.6 22".
- 2009011218 subject "Art, African Themes, motives.".
- 2009011218 subject "N7380 .S67 2009".
- 2009011218 tableOfContents "Preface -- Introduction: What is African art? -- 1: Contemporary art of Africa -- 2: Art of masquerade -- 3: Cloth, history and culture -- 4: Brass, bronze and gold -- 5: Wood and iron, women and men -- 6: Tools, arms and amour -- 7: Ceramic classics -- 8: Africa around the world -- 9: Further information -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Collections of African art -- Sources of quotations -- Illustration references -- Index.".
- 2009011218 title "African art in detail / Chris Spring.".
- 2009011218 type "text".