Today the museum's collection numbers more than six thousand pieces and is noted for its artistic quality and educational value, as well as a breadth and depth that would be impossible to achieve today.
The Brooklyn Museum was one of the first institutions to collect and exhibit African material culture as art. Includes textiles, ceramics, jewelry, masks and figures from more than fifty different cultures.
Provides an introduction to African art, looking at the history of art in Africa, African architecture, sculpture, and contemporary African art.
The concept of Africa as an entity is a recent and largely artificial idea. Africa is made up of very diverse cultures, tribes, religions, traditions and geographies and it is...
Other artists started collecting African art: Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Breton. Many art movements of the beginning of this century such as fauvism, cubism, surrealism, referred in one way or another to "primitive" art and in particular ...
African Art: An Introduction
Provides an introduction to African art, looking at the history of art in Africa, African architecture, sculpture, and contemporary African art.
African Art invites you to explore the dynamic origins of the vast artistic expressions arising from the exotic and mystifying African continent.
This eloquent, intimate portfolio links full-page, full-color photographs to brief, readable text to unveil the myths and mysteries of African art and the people who created it. Five recurring themes...
This bibliography is an introductory guide to the literature of African art and is intended to be a critical ""best books"" list. It is addressed both to the newcomer as...
African Art invites you to explore the dynamic origins of the vast artistic expressions arising from the exotic and mystifying African continent.
"Now in its second edition, this book is further enhanced by African proverbs. Intended as an introduction to African art, this book investigates five key themes common to many cultures...