Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780192842619 |
| ISBN10: | 0192842617 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 216 pages |
| Size: | 13x238x167 mm |
| Weight: | 406 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | numerous colour and haltones; 6 maps; 7 line drawings |
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Category:
Architecture
History of Africa
Architecture
Art history in general
Prehistory
Antiquity
Middle Ages
Architecture (charity campaign)
History of Africa (charity campaign)
Architecture (charity campaign)
Art history in general (charity campaign)
Prehistory (charity campaign)
Antiquity (charity campaign)
Middle Ages (charity campaign)
Early Art and Architecture of Africa
Series:
Oxford History of Art;
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Date of Publication: 25 April 2002
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Short description:
This new history of over 5000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art, Peter Garlake uses the latest research and archaeological findings to offer exciting new insights.
Long description:
This new history of over 5000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art, Peter Garlake uses the latest research and archaeological findings to offer exciting new insights. All the main regions are covered: southern Africa, Nubia, Aksum, the Niger River, West Africa, Great Zimbabwe, and the East African coast.
Acknowledging the universal allure of the African art object, this book restores it to its original social and historical context, helping us to understand more about the ways in which this art was produced, used, and received.
Acknowledging the universal allure of the African art object, this book restores it to its original social and historical context, helping us to understand more about the ways in which this art was produced, used, and received.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Rock Art of Southern Africa
Nubia
Aksum
The Niger River
West African Forests
Great Zimbabwe and the Southern African Interior
The East African Coast
Notes
List of Illustrations
Further Reading
Timeline
Index
Rock Art of Southern Africa
Nubia
Aksum
The Niger River
West African Forests
Great Zimbabwe and the Southern African Interior
The East African Coast
Notes
List of Illustrations
Further Reading
Timeline
Index
