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003 OCoLC
005 20191109072450.2
008 720828s1968 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 68022409
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043 $af------
050 00 $aN7380$b.L3513 1968b
082 00 $a732/.2
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aLeiris, Michel,$d1901-1990.
240 10 $aAfrique noire.$lEnglish
245 10 $aAfrican art /$cMichel Leiris, Jacqueline Delange ; translated by Michael Ross.
260 $aNew York :$bGolden Press,$c1968.
300 $axi, 453 pages :$billustrations (some color), map ;$c29 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aThe Arts of mankind
500 $aTranslation of Afrique noire, la création plastique.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 385-408) and index.
520 $a"Our knowledge of the arts of Africa, and of the circumstances in which they have been practised, is still very incomplete. Created over a period of several millennia in a vast range of techniques and materials, and extending to every field of human activity, African artefacts are newaly all essentially functional, but at the same time they can stand as pure works of art in their own right. The great dance masks of the secret societies, the carved ancestor figures, the beautiful bronze heads from Benin and the terracottas from Ife, the steatite bird-man from Zimbabwe - all these have a precise magico-religious function which in no way impairs their aesthetic value. In this book the authors have provided a detailed historical and aesthetic study fo the rich and varied panorama of African art. The first part of the book sets in context the historical relationship between the African and Western cultures, the aesthetic outlook of the African peoples and the place of Africa in the history of art generally. The second and third parts form a detailed account of the arts of Africa, considered first according to category, and then region by region."--Amazon.
505 0 $apt. 1. Towards a definition of African art: The discovery of African art in the West -- Art and aesthetics -- Race, culture and geography -- Sources and styles -- pt. 2. The visual arts: Arts of the body -- Environmental arts -- Autonomous figurative arts -- pt. 3. Art and people: From Western Sudan to the Atlantic -- The Congolese mosaic -- East Africa -- South Africa -- pt. 4. Notes on the illustrations -- Glossary-index -- Maps.
590 $bInternet Archive - 2
590 $bInternet Archive 2
650 0 $aArt, African.
650 0 $aMasks$zAfrica.
650 0 $aArt, Black$zAfrica.
650 0 $aDecoration and ornament$zAfrica.
650 7 $aArt, African.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00815861
650 7 $aArt, Black.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00816023
650 7 $aDecoration and ornament.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00889145
650 7 $aMasks.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01011082
651 7 $aAfrica.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01239509
650 7 $aBlack art$zAfrica.$2sears
700 1 $aFry, Jacqueline,$d1923-1991.
830 0 $aArts of mankind.
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n68022409
994 $a92$bERR
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