Africa Arts and Cultures

Name: Africa Arts and Cultures
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ISBN: 9780195217278

ISBN-10: 0195217276

ISBN-13: 9780195217278

Edition: 2000

Authors: John Mack

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The British Museum boasts one of the finest collections of African art in the world. In Africa: Arts & Cultures, John Mack and an international team of artists and scholars draw on this world-famous collection to take us on a beautifully illustrated tour of African art and the various cultures that created it. Readers expecting the masks and wooden figures commonly collected a century ago will be surprised by the wide variety of art forms covered here, from a Tunisian wedding tunic, to a water bottle of ostrich eggshell from the San in southern Africa, to a multimedia monoprint made by a Nigerian artist in 1999. Moreover, in a rare departure, the book covers the art of all five regions of…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/7/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 9.70" wide x 7.60" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 2.288



Preface and Acknowledgements


Introduction



North, North-east Africa and the Sahara



West Africa



Central Africa



East and Southern Africa



Bibliography


Index