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The Tribal Arts of Africa

By Jean-Baptiste Bacquart

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| Paperback | 9780500282311

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The marvelous achievements of black African artists over thousands of years are revealed and superbly portrayed in this book. The earliest pieces date from the beginning of the first millennium, the most recent from the early twentieth century before Continue

The marvelous achievements of black African artists over thousands of years are revealed and superbly portrayed in this book. The earliest pieces date from the beginning of the first millennium, the most recent from the early twentieth century before the commercial production of art for the tourist trade. All were made by Africans for their own use.

Jean-Baptiste Bacquart has divided Africa south of the Sahara into forty-nine cultural areas. Each section studies the most important tribe within that area, surveying its social and political structures as well as its artistic production. The art is analyzed according to typein most instances masks, statues, and everyday objects such as utensils, furniture, and jewelry. When appropriate, further information on artistically related tribes is provided. Each section contains lavishly presented color photographs of all the major object types, documentary black-and-white illustrations, and its own bibliography.

A detailed reference section with information on key collections open to the public and a glossary completes this invaluable publication, the only one to present the entire range of black African art in accessible form. 865 illustrations and photographs, 195 in color.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 240 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0500282315
  • ISBN-13: 9780500282311
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson
  • Publish date: 2002-09-01
  • Dimensions: 300 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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