02922cam a2200337 a 4500999001700000001000900017003000400026005001700030008004100047010001700088020003100105020002800136035002400164040006400188043001200252050002100264082001400285100002500299245004300324260005700367300003400424490001800458504005100476505044400527520135900971650003502330830001902365906004502384942003302429952012202462  c21226d2122615661638OSt20170121100917.0090316s2009    maua     b    001 0 eng    a  2009011218  a9780674036222 (alk. paper)  a0674036220 (alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocn316514536  aDLCcDLCdC#PdYDXCPdBWXdCDXdEINCPdTTUdEDKdBTCTAdDLC  af------00aN7380b.S67 200900a709.62221 aSpring, Christopher.10aAfrican art in detail /cChris Spring.  aCambridge, Mass. :bHarvard University Press,c2009.  a144 p. :bcol. ill. ;c23 cm.1 aArt in detail  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aPreface -- 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.  aFrom 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. 0aArt, AfricanxThemes, motives. 0aArt in detail.  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2lcccBOOKShN 7380 .S67 2009  00102lcc4070aMUCbMUCcGENd2017-01-21eDonation (BFA)l0oN 7380 .S67 2009p31316r2017-01-21w2017-01-21yBOOKS