Offers a global overview of art from prehistoric times to the present while explaining the historical, social, and political context of each artistic period

Art History, Volume Two

Addiss, Stephen

Stokstad, Marilyn

Li, Chu-Tsing

Rhie, Marylin M.

Roy, Christopher D.

Cateforis, David

Arts & Photography

PRENTICE/HALL

Art History: Vol. 2

History & Criticism

The first of two volumes (V.2 [357527-6], $25) comprising a colorful visual and textual introduction to art history worldwide. Volume 1 begins with prehistory and prehistoric art in Europe and culminates with Gothic art. The artwork covered includes paintings, sculptures, architecture, drawings, photographs, works in metal, ceramics, and textiles all discussed within the social, religious, and intellectual context of their creation. The two volumes include 1,350 photographs, more than half in color and some not previously published. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Art History, Volume I

Grayson, Marion Spears

Gottlieb, Marion

Art and Life in Africa: Selections from the Stanley Collection

Univ of Washington Pr

Art and Life in Africa: Selections from the Stanley Collection, Exhibitions of 1985 and 1992

To the northern Bantu tribes "kilengi" means joy arising through beauty. Kilengi includes superb photographs of art objects from throughout Africa. The book presents extraordinary works from well-known regions as well as new discoveries and objects that challenge long-standing conceptions of African art. Christopher Roy includes a masterly introduction to the problems of the presentation of traditional African art.
Much of the most unusual material is from eastern and southern Africa. This is an area about which very little has been known until recently, and there has been very little published on the art from the region. A large selection of pieces from the Democratic Republic of Congo is also of special interest. Essays and lengthy commentaries discuss the meaning of each piece for the creators.

Kilengi: African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection

Gesellschaft, Kestner

Zlatnick, Gail

Kestner-Gesellschaft

Art and Life in Africa

Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co.

Selections from the Julian and Irma Brody Collection: Des Moines Art Ctr March 5-April 24 1988

Des Moines Art Center

This magnificent volume marks the fiftieth anniversary of this museum and art school housed in buildings designed by world-renowned architects Eliel Saarinen, I.M. Pei, and Richard Meier. Illustrated essays cover the history of the Center and its distinguished architecture. Colorplates and commentary present more than 100 masterpieces of 20th-century art and tribal arts.

An Uncommon Vision: The Des Moines Art Center

Schulze, Franz

Noun, Louise Rosenfield

Worthen, Amy N.

Architecture

Hudson Hills

The Mossi people of Burkina Faso have a rich and complex history that is mirrored by the several types and styles of figures and masks they create. They came into being around 1500 A.D. when a large group of horsemen from what is now northern Ghana rode north into the valley of the Volta River and conquered the local farmers. The descendants of the conquering horsemen became the ruling class and used political art in the form of royal figures to validate their authority. Meanwhile the descendants of the conquered farmers became the spiritual class and made masks to represent the spirits of nature. The stylistic diversity of this art mirrors the several geographically divergent peoples who were conquered in 1500 and eventually became the Mossi we know today. Unlike several other West African peoples, the Mossi have not converted to Islam in large numbers, and so they continue creating brilliant art much as their ancestors did hundreds of years ago. Until the 1980s there was much confusion about the accurate attribution of Mossi art to the people who created it. This book makes clear that the Mossi have continued to create brilliant art which they use to this day to express ideas about politics and religion.

Mossi (Visions of Africa)

5 Continents Editions Srl

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