Length7h 36m
About this audiobook
African Art invites you to explore the dynamic origins of the vast artistic expressions arising from the exotic and mystifying African continent.
Since the discovery of African art at the end of the nineteenth century during the colonial expositions it has been a limitless source of inspiration for artists who, over time, have perpetually recreated these artworks.
The power of Sub-Saharan African art lies within its visual diversity, demonstrating the creativity of the artists who are continuing to conceptualize new stylistic forms. From Mauritania to South Africa and from the Ivory Coast to Somalia, statues, masks, jewelry, pottery and tapestries compose a variety of daily and ritual objects springing from these richly varied societies.
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Length7 hrs 36 mins
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Publish dateMay 8, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1African Art African Art
2permission of the copyright holder, throughout the world. Unless otherwise
3Index by Ethnicity
4Preface
5Origins and Prehistory
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6Aim and Object of This Book
7Statue (Kaka). Wood, height: 100 cm.
8Statue (Vezo). Wood, height of the tallest: 57 cm. Private collection.
9Oceanic Migrations
10Statuette (Léga). Ivory, height: 15.5 cm.
11Autochthonous Africans
12Statue (Tubwé). Wood, height: 36 cm. Leloup archives.
13Peopling of Africa
14Statue (Vezo). Wood, height of the tallest: 57 cm. Private collection.
15The Negroes of Africa at the Time of Herodotus
16Statue (Mbole). Wood, height: 58.5 cm. Private collection.
17Development of Negro Civilisations in Antiquity
18“Aggry Beads”
19Head (Sokoto), c. 200 BCE-200 CE. Nigeria. Terracotta. Private collection.
20Phoenician and Carthaginian Influence
21Abyssinian Semites and the Beni-Israel
22Romans and Berbers
23Torso (Igbo). Nigeria. Wood, height: 66 cm. Private collection.
24Negro Africa in the Middle Ages
25The Empire of Ghana
26The Almoravide Movement
27The Kingdom of Soso
28The Beginnings of the Songhoy Empire
29Ancestral female figure.
30The Mandinka Empire
31The Mossi Empires
32West Africa from the 15th Century to Today
33More Abundant Documentation
34The Mandinka and Songhoy Empires
35The Askia Mohammed
36Throne (Bamileke). Wood, plant fibres, and beads, height: 160 cm. Private collection.
37Koli-Tengella
38The Last Askias
39Mask (Lele). Wood, height: 35 cm. Private collection.
40The Pashas of Timbuktu
41Statue (Koulango). Ivory Coast. Wood, height: 49 cm. Private collection.
42The Bambara Kingdoms
43The Tukulor Conquest
44Statue (Lobi). Ivory Coast. Wood, height: 81.5 cm. Private collection.
45The Wanderings of Samori
46The Peoples of the West Coast
47The Peoples of the Bend of the Niger
48The Negroes of Central and Eastern Sudan
49The Hausa Countries
50Mask (Chokwe). Wood and plant fibres, height: 22cm.
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