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008			090316s2009 maua b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780674036222 (alk. paper)
020			_a0674036220 (alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn316514536
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050	0	0	_aN7380 _b.S67 2009
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100	1		_aSpring, Christopher.
245	1	0	_aAfrican art in detail / _cChris Spring.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bHarvard University Press, _c2009.
300			_a144 p. : _bcol. ill. ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aArt in detail
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	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.
520			_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.
650		0	_aArt, African _xThemes, motives.
830		0	_aArt in detail.
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2lcc _cBOOKS _hN 7380 .S67 2009