Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
William Kentridge William Kentridge Jane Taylor,Maria-Christina Villasenor,William Kentridge,Carolyn Christov Bakargiev,William Kentridge "William Kentridge (b. 1955, Johannesburg) has always addressed the more challenging and intimate aspects of contemporary life and of South Africa, both during Apartheid and in the post-Apartheid per… OL11636684W
Africa, arts and cultures Africa, arts and cultures Mack, John "There are countless ways of looking at African art - in terms of ethnography, aesthetics, history, and the many ways these combine with personal knowledge and preference to influence the viewer. In … OL18193458W
Sacred waters Sacred waters Henry John Drewal "Sacred Waters focuses on the arts, rituals, and religions associated with Mami Wata and other deities in Africa and its diasporas. Mami Wata, pidgin English for Mother Water, is a beautiful, seducti… OL18719442W
Art history in Africa Art history in Africa Jan Vansina "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 Afr… OL3452753W
Crafts and the arts of living in the Cameroon Crafts and the arts of living in the Cameroon Harri Peccinotti,Jocelyne Etienne-Nugue 156 p. : 26 cm OL3978194W
Art Beyond the West Art Beyond the West Michael Kampen-O'Riley "In this survey of the arts of Africa, India and Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Korea, the Pacific, and the Americas, Michael Kampen O'Riley presents the vast and fascinating range of arts that lie ou… OL6211075W
Religion & art in Ashanti Religion & art in Ashanti Robert Sutherland Rattray art and religion that reflect history OL6572465W
Village of the Nubas Village of the Nubas George Rodger viii, 112 p. : 19 cm OL705218W
African Renaissance African Renaissance Moyosore B. Okediji "African Renaissance: Old Forms, New Images in Yoruba Art describes, analyzes, and interprets the historical and cultural contexts of an African art renaissance using the twentieth- and twenty-first-… OL8687632W