African Art
TRADITION AND CHANGE IN YORUBA ART.
Sacramento: 1974. 80 pages, 55 photographs--almost all full-page. This unusual exhibition catalogue discusses the relationships between traditional and contemporary art works by Yoruba artists. the text pays special attention to artists who, while grounded in traditional forms and themes, have begun to explore personal imageries and new media. The photographs..... More
WELLSPRING. On the Myth and Source of Culture
Berkeley: 1975. 176 pages, 23 pages of photographs. Cloth cover. "...a book about African art and mode of the 'affecting presence'... ." More
THORNTON DIAL. IMAGE OF THE TIGER.
New York: Harry Abrams, 1993. 160 pages, 122 large color photographs (and 6 b/w photographs) of the artist's paintings, watercolors, sculptures, assemblages. Cloth cover with dust jacket ( 9 1/2" x 12"). Mint conditon. More
AFRICAN MATERIAL CULTURE
Bloomington: 1996. xii, 369 pages (10 papers), 50 photographs, 25 drawings, 7 maps. More
INTRODUCTION TO TRADITIONAL ART OF WESTERN AFRICA
London: 1972. 90 pages, 101 large photographs. Cloth cover. More
BLACK KINGDOMS, BLACK PEOPLE
London: 1979. 128 pages, 126 color photographs. Cloth cover. More
AFRICAN TRIBAL SCULPTURE
London: Arcade Gallery, 1978. 16 pages, 25 photographs. More
AFRICAN FOLKTALES TOLD IN ISRAEL
Haifa: 1965. 2nd series, 48 pages, 5 small drawings. More
ISMAILIA, A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade
London: 1886. xx, 52 pages, 59 engravings, 1 fold-out map. Cloth cover, front hinge repaired. More
ART OF COTE D'IVOIRE. From the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum
Geneva: 1993 (two volumes). Vol I: 422 pages, 426 color and b/w photographs, 3 maps. Vol. II (Catalogue): 229 pages, 316 small color photographs of objects in the museum's Ivory Coast collection. Cloth covers with dust jackets in a cloth slipcase (9 1/2" x 12 1/2"). Mint condition. More
AFRICAN ART IN CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE, An Introduction
New York: 1963, 1973. xii, 196 pages, 135 photographs, 16 maps. More
AFRICAN ARTS
Berkeley: Lowie Museum, 1967. 90 pages, 190 photographs. More
CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN AFRICAN CULTURES.
Chicago: 1959, 1963. vii, 309 pages (15 papers). More
HANDBOOK OF WEST AFRICAN ART
Milwaukee Public Museum: 1953, 1954. 83 pages, 66 photographs. More
THE OPENING OF THE MELVILLE J. HERSKOVITS LIBRARY OF AFRICAN STUDIES
Northwestern University Library: 1973. 31 pages. More
LA GRANDE SCULTURA DELL'AFRICA NERA
Centro Mostre di Firenze, 1989. 293 pages, 151 full-page and half-pagecolor photographs, 44 b/w photographs and 141 smaller b/w photographs, 1 drawing, 3 maps. Fine Condition. More
SCULTURA AFRICANA NEI MUSEI ITALIANI
Bologna: 1977. 151 pages, 567 b/w and 24 color photographs of African art in Italian museums--many from pre-contact times. Cloth cover. More
DALL'ARCHEOLOGIA ALL'ARTE TRADIZIONALE AFRICANA /From Archaeology to Traditional African Art
Centro Studi Archeologia Africana, Milano: 1992. 151 pages, 131 photographs, 12 drawings, 5 maps. To probe possible relationships between the archaeological cultures of the Sahara and sub-Saharan Africa and traditional African art was the subject of a 1992 conference organized by the Center for African Art History in Florence and..... More
AFRICA AND THE RENAISSANCE, ART IN IVORY
New York: Center for African Art, 1988. 256 pages, small folio size (9"x 12 1/2"), 103 color and 399 b/w photographs--including all known Afro-Portugese ivories, 15 drawings. Soft cover. More
ARTE IN AFRICA. Reality and Perspectives in a Study of the History of African Arts
Modena: 1986. 107 pages (27 papers presented at a conference held in 1984 by the Center of Studies of the History of African Art), 178 photographs. More
LA SCULPTURE TSHOKWE
Paris: 1982. 293 pages, 350 large b/w and 21 full-page color photographs, 9 drawings. 1 map. Coth cover. Mint condition. The almost overpowering art of the Tshokwe is subjected to an intense analysis of its styles, influences, and iconography in this volume, written by the authority on the art of..... More
AFRIKANISCHE PLASTIK UND SAKRALES KONIGTUM. Ein SozialerAspekt Traditioneller Afrikanischer Kunst
Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1967. 91 pages (some uncut). 16 full-page color photographs of objects in European museums, 7 drawings, 2 maps. More
BELGIUM COLLECTS AFRICAN ART
Brussels: 2000. 352 pages (text in English and French), 330 full-page, half-page, and quater-page color photographs of objects, 6 other color and b/w photographs. Cloth cover with dust jacket. Mint condition. More
EAST AFRICA. An Evolving Landscape
New York: 1988. 102 pages, 78 stunning, full-page color photographs. Cloth cover. More