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History of Art in Africa (Trade Version)

by: Visona, Monica Blackmun; Poynor, Robin; Cole, Herbert M.; Harris, Michael D.; Abiodun, Rowland; Blier, Suzanne Preston

History of Art in Africa (Trade Version)

by: Visona, Monica Blackmun; Poynor, Robin; Cole, Herbert M.; Harris, Michael D.; Abiodun, Rowland; Blier, Suzanne Preston

ISBN 13:
9780810934481
ISBN 10:
0810934485
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/2001
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

Discusses the arts of the African continent, including Egypt, exploring the continent's artistic, as opposed to purely cultural traditions.

Preface

(14)

Rowland Abiodun

Africa, Art, and History: An Introduction

(10)

Suzanne Blier

I. From the Nile to the Niger

(142)

The Sahara and the Maghreb

(22)

Monica Blackmun Visona

Central Saharan Rock Art

(3)

Large Wild Fauna Style

(1)

Archaic Style

(1)

Pastoralist Style

(1)

Later Styles and Subjects

(1)

The Maghreb and the Ancient Mediterranean World

(3)

Carthage

(1)

Numidia and Mauritania

(1)

Rome

(1)

The Coming of Islam

(4)

The Great Mosque of Qairouan

(1)

The Qarawiyyan Mosque

(3)

Regional Berber Arts

(9)

Architecture and Household Arts in the Northern Mountains

(3)

Architecture and Household Arts in the Sahara

(2)

Personal Arts of the Shleuh and Tuareg

(4)

Contemporary Art of North Africa

Aspects of African Culture: Personal Adornment

(4)

Lands of the Nile: Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia

(30)

Monica Blackmun Visona

Early Nile Cultures

(3)

Kemet

(8)

Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom

(4)

New Kingdom

(4)

Kush

(4)

Axum and Its Time

(3)

Egypt in the Sphere of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

(2)

Palaces and Tombs of Axum

(1)

Ballana

(1)

Early Christian Arts of Nubia and Ethiopia

(4)

Faras

(1)

Lalibela

(2)

Early Solomonic Period

(1)

Islamic Art of Egypt

(1)

Later Christian Art of Ethiopia

(2)

Lower Nubia Before the Aswan Dam

(2)

Contemporary Artists of Sudan and Ethiopia

(2)

The Central Sudan

(28)

Monica Blackmun Visona

Ancient Art in Fired Clay

(3)

Nok

(1)

Bura

(1)

Sao

(1)

Living Arts of Small Communities

(12)

The Dakakari and the Nigerian Plateau

(1)

The Ga'anda and the Gongola River

(3)

Musgum and the Logone River

(2)

The Jukun of the Middle Benue River

(1)

The Chamba of the Nigeria/Cameroon Borderlands

(3)

The Mumuye of the Upper Benue River

(1)

The Mambila of the Nigeria/Cameroon Borderlands

(2)

The Imperial Arts of the Kanuri and Hausa

(6)

Hausa Mosques and Civic Architecture

(4)

Art, Literacy, and Mystic Faith

(1)

The Fulani

100

(6)

The Futa Djallon

100

(1)

The Inland Niger Delta

101

(2)

Southern Niger

103

(2)

Northeastern Nigeria and the Adamawa

105

(1)

Mande Worlds and the Upper Niger

106

(24)

Monica Blackmun Visona

In the Sphere of Ancient Empires

107

(6)

Wagadu

107

(2)

Mali and the Inland Niger Delta

109

(1)

The Architectural Legacy of Jenne

110

(3)

Tarkur and Jolof

113

(1)

Recent Mande Arts: Nyamakalaw and Their Work

113

(11)

Gwan and Jo

114

(2)

Ntomo and Tyi Wara

116

(3)

Bogolanfini

119

(2)

Komo and Kono

121

(1)

Kore, Secular Masquerades, and Pupperty

122

(2)

Arts of the Home

124

(2)

Art for the International Market

126

(4)

The Western Sudan

130

(36)

Herbert M. Cole

The Tellem

131

(1)

The Dogon

132

(12)

Sculpture

133

(4)

Architecture

137

(3)

Masks and Masquerades

140

(4)

The Senufo

144

(11)

Poro

145

(2)

Sandogo

147

(2)

Masks and Masquerades

149

(3)

Places of Assembly and Celebration

152

(1)

Tourist Arts

153

(2)

Related Peoples Burkina Faso

155

(11)

Lobi Sculpture and Metalwork

155

(3)

Bwa Masquerades

158

(3)

Mossi Sculpture and Masking

161

(1)

Nankani Architecture

162

(4)

II. Western Africa

166

(162)

West Atlantic Forests

168

(26)

Monica Blackmun Visona

Early Arts

169

(4)

Stone Figures

169

(2)

Export Ivories

171

(2)

Masking and Related Arts

173

(18)

Initiations of the Jola, the Bidjogo, and Their Neighbors

173

(3)

Performed Art of the Baga and Their Neighbors

176

(4)

Women's and Men's Societies: Sande/Bondo and Poro

180

(4)

Masks and Sacred Authority: The Dan and Their Neighbors

184

(3)

Women's Arts Among the Dan and the We

187

(2)

Masquerades of the Guro

189

(2)

Cross-Currents and Hybrid Forms

191

(1)

American-African Architecture

191

(1)

Festival Arts

191

(1)

Contemporary International Art

192

(2)

Akan Worlds

194

(34)

Herbert M. Cole

The Visual--Verbal Nexus

195

(1)

Regalia and Arts of Statecraft

196

(7)

Regalia in Ghana

197

(1)

Stools and Chairs

198

(1)

State Swords

199

(1)

Linguist Staffs

200

(1)

Baule and Lagoons Regalia

201

(2)

Metal Arts: The Culture of Gold

203

(3)

Textiles

206

(2)

Terracotta Funerary Sculpture

208

(2)

Wood Sculpture and Shrines

210

(6)

Akua Ma

211

(1)

Asante Carvings and Shrines

211

(2)

Baule and Lagoons Carvings and Shrines

213

(2)

Secular Carvings

215

(1)

Royal Festivals in Ghana

216

(2)

Baule Masks and Masquerades

218

(2)

Goli

218

(1)

Bonu Amwin and Do

219

(1)

Age-Grade Arts of Lagoons Peoples

220

(1)

Arts of Fante Military Companies

221

(4)

Lives Well Lived: Contemporary Funerary Arts

225

(1)

International Art

226

Aspects of African Culture: Art and Leadership

196

(32)

The Yoruba and the Fon

228

(46)

Robin Poynor

Early Ife

229

(7)

Archaic and Pre-Pavement Periods

229

(1)

Pavement Period

230

(6)

Early Owo

236

(2)

Esie

238

(1)

Recent Yoruba Art

239

(20)

Royal Arts

239

(4)

The Ogboni Society

243

(2)

Art and the Spirit World

245

(1)

Orunmila and Eshu

246

(5)

Ogun, Osanyin, and Eyinle

251

(1)

Shango and Ibeji

252

(3)

Masks and Masquerades

255

(4)

Dahomey

259

(7)

Royal Arts

260

(3)

Art and the Spirit World

263

(3)

Modern Arts

266

Brazilian Architecture

266

(2)

Movements in Oshogho

268

(4)

The Ono Group

272

Aspects of African Culture: Lost-Wax Casting

234

(40)

The Lower Niger

274

(54)

Herbert M. Cole

Igbo Ukwu

274

(4)

Recent and Contemporary Igbo Arts

278

(18)

Title Arts

279

(3)

Shrines and Shrine Figures

282

(3)

Mbari

285

(4)

Ugonachonma

289

(1)

Masks and Masquerades

290

(6)

Shared Themes in Lower Niger Arts

296

(7)

Personal Altars

296

(2)

Light/Dark Masking: Beauties and Beasts

298

(4)

Hierarchical Compositions

302

(1)

Ibibio Memorial Arts

303

(2)

Oron Ancestral Figures

305

(1)

Kalabari Ijaw Festivals and Memorial Arts

306

(4)

Benin: Six Centuries of Royal Arts

310

(16)

Art, Ideology, and the Benin World

311

(5)

Plaques

316

(2)

Royal Altars

318

(5)

Portuguese Presence in Benin Arts

323

(2)

Masks and Masquerades

325

(1)

Mamy Wata

326

Aspects of African Culture: Shrines and Altars

283

(45)

III. Central Africa

328

(110)

Cross River, Cameroon Grasslands, and Gabon

330

(36)

Robin Poynor

Cross River

331

(7)

Early Arts

331

(2)

Recent Arts of Secret Societies

333

(5)

Cameroon Grasslands

338

(14)

Palace Architecture

339

(3)

Arts of the Royal Treasuries

342

(7)

Royal Spectacle and Masquerade Arts

349

(3)

Maritime Arts: The Duala

352

(3)

Gabon

355

(9)

Reliquary Figures

355

(5)

Masks and Masquerades

360

(4)

Contemporary International Arts

364

Aspects of African Culture: Masquerades

336

(30)

The Western Congo Basin

366

(46)

Robin Poynor

Early Art

367

(1)

The Kongo Kingdom

367

(11)

Early Leadership Arts

367

(2)

Religious Arts: Christianity and After

369

(2)

Funerary and Memorial Arts

371

(5)

Minkisi

376

(2)

The Teke

378

(1)

In the Sphere of the Lunda Empire

379

(15)

Chokwe Leadership and Initiation Arts

380

(5)

The Yaka and the Suku

385

(6)

The Pende

391

(3)

The Salampasu

394

(2)

The Kuba

396

(9)

Leadership Arts

397

(1)

Ndop

397

(1)

Architecture

398

(1)

Prestige Objects

399

(1)

Textile Arts

400

(2)

Masks and Masquerades

402

(3)

In the Shadow of the Kuba: The Ndengese, the Binji, and the Wongo

405

(1)

The Lulua

406

(2)

Contemporary Urban and International Art

408

(4)

The Eastern Congo Basin

412

(26)

Robin Poynor

Early Art from the Upemba Depression

412

(1)

In the Sphere of the Luba Empire

413

(10)

The Luba Heartland

414

(5)

The Hemba

419

(1)

The Tabwa

420

(2)

The Songye

422

(1)

Societies of the Lega, the Bembe, the Mbole, and the Azande

423

(6)

Bwami

424

(2)

Elanda and 'Alunga

426

(1)

Lilwa

427

(1)

Mani

428

(1)

Court Art of the Azande and the Mangbetu

429

(5)

The Mbuti

434

(1)

Contemporary Arts

435

Aspects of African Culture: Rites of Passage

424

(14)

IV. Eastern and Southern Africa

438

(60)

Eastern Africa

440

(32)

Monica Blackmun Visona

The Swahili Coast

441

(7)

Islamic Arts

441

(3)

Arts of Leadership

444

(1)

Domestic Architecture

445

(3)

Other Coastal Bantu Cultures

448

(5)

Prestige Arts of the Interlacustrine Region

453

(3)

The Nyamwezi

453

(1)

Royal Treasuries

454

(1)

Ceramics and Basketry

455

(1)

Masquerades and Other Arts of the Maravi, the Makonde, the Makua, and the Yao

456

(5)

Nyau

456

(3)

Lipiko

459

(1)

Sculpture

460

(1)

Export Art

460

(1)

Madagascar

461

(3)

Memorial Arts

462

(2)

Cushitic and Nilo-Saharan Speakers of the Interior

464

(5)

Memorial Figures and Stone Tombs

464

(2)

Personal Arts

466

(3)

Contemporary Artists of Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya

469

Aspects of African Culture: Cycles and Circles

458

(14)

Southern Africa

472

(26)

Monica Blackmun Visona

Rock Art of Southern and Eastern Africa

473

(5)

Earliest Images

473

(2)

Zimbabwe

475

(1)

Tanzania and Eastern Africa

476

(1)

The Drakensberg Mountains

476

(2)

Early Art of Bantu Speakers

478

(5)

The Shona and Great Zimbabwe

479

(4)

Recent Art of the Shona and Their Neighbors

483

(4)

Art and Ancestors

483

(1)

Initiations and Related Art

484

(3)

Arts of the Sotho and the Nguni

487

(7)

Art and Leadership Among the Sotho and the Tswana

488

(1)

Nguni Beadwork

488

(2)

Nguni Arts of Daily Life

490

(2)

Architecture

492

(2)

Art and Contemporary Issues

494

(4)

International Art

494

(1)

Art Under Apartheid

495

(3)

V. The Diaspora

498

(30)

Art of the African Diaspora

500

(28)

Michael Harris

Art in Slave and Folk Settings

501

(3)

Speaking Through New Forms

504

(4)

Reclaiming Africa

508

(11)

Image and Idea

508

(6)

Getting Behind the Mask: TransAtlantic Dialogues

514

(5)

African Heritage in Popular and Ritual Arts

519

(5)

Five Contemporary Artists

524

(4)

Glossary

528

(1)

Annotated Bibliography

529

(8)

Picture Credits

537

(3)

Index

540

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0810934485

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