Author : Herbert M. Cole
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 33,11 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Art
ISBN :
Introduces the viewer to Ghanaian history, geography, religions, and culture through a study of the nation's traditional arts.
Author : E. V. Asihene
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 39,8 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Art
ISBN :
A study of the fine arts and handicrafts of a small republic in western Africa is important for its valuable information about the traditional art and the renewed interest in its preservation and continuation by native artists today.
Author : Clive Barker
Publisher : Dilettante Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 16,14 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
In the 1980s a group of entrepreneurs in Ghana created small-scale, mobile film-distribution empires, hitting the road with videocassettes, television monitors, portable gas-powered generators and rolled-up, hand-painted, artist-signed canvas posters. This new medium created the first opportunity for some of the best young painters in Ghana to express themselves on a public scale. In the frequent absence of an original image upon which to base the work they had been commissioned to produce, the artists inevitably created cinematic paintings that were largely interpretive and imagination-driven. In the book's four major essays, author Ernie Wolfe III recounts the rise and fall of the mobile cinema tradition, while noted African art scholar Roy Sieber follows two-dimensional art in Africa from rock paintings in the Sahara to contemporary manuals, wall paintings, and barber board paintings as well as the canvas movie posters themselves; Paul Hayes Tucker compares the phenomenon to 19th century European utility-based painting; and poet and art critic John Yau contributes the perspective of an American art historian. In addition, Hollywood film notables such as horror auteur Clive Barker, actor LeVar Burton, actress Anjelica Huston, and director Gus Van Sant contribute chapter introductions.
Author : Kwasi Ampene
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,16 MB
Release : 2022-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781032235585
Asante Court Music and Verbal Arts in Ghana is a comprehensive portrait of Asante court musical arts. Weaving together historical narratives with analyses of texts performed on drums, ivory trumpets, and a cane flute, the book includes a critical assembly of ancient song texts, the poetry of bards (kwadwom), and referential poetry performed by members of the constabulary (apae). The focus is on the intersections between lived experience, music, and values, and refers to musical examples drawn from court ceremonies, rituals, festivals, as well as casual performances elicited in the course of fieldwork. For the Asante, the performing arts are complex sites for recording and storing personal experiences, and they have done so for centuries with remarkable consistency and self-consciousness. This book draws on archaeological, archival, historical, ethnographical and analytical sources to craft a view of the Asante experience as manifested in its musical and allied arts. Its goal is to privilege the voices of the Asante and how they express their history, religious philosophy, social values, economic, and political experiences through the musical and allied arts. The author's theoretical formulation includes the concept of value, referring to ideas, worldview concepts, beliefs, and social relationships that inform musical practices and choices in Asante.
Author : Tom Phillips
Publisher : Prestel Pub
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 37,11 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783791320045
This magnificent celebration of the world's oldest and most diverse artistic traditions is considered the definitive book on African art. Ranging from the oldest known human artifact, circa 1.6 million BC, to pieces made within living memory, the objects collected in this extraordinary volume reflect a continent of enormous cultural and historical scope. Arranged chronologically within seven geographical sections, it offers an astonishing array of sculptures in wood, bronze, stone, and gold, as well as rock paintings, ceremonial pieces, ceramics, jewelry, and textiles culled from private and public collections around the world. Commentary by renowned scholars illuminates the cultural and historical significance of these pieces, and in-depth authoritative texts highlight critical aspects of each region. Together these words and images take readers on an artistic grand tour through a continent of unparalleled diversity, and towards the thrilling discovery of not one Africa, but many.
Author : Adélékè Adéèkó
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 37,22 MB
Release : 2017-07-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0253026725
There is a culturally significant way of being Yorùbá that is expressed through dress, greetings, and celebrations—no matter where in the world they take place. Adélékè Adék documents Yorùbá patterns of behavior and articulates a philosophy of how to be Yorùbá in this innovative study. As he focuses on historical writings, Ifá divination practices, the use of proverbs in contemporary speech, photography, gendered ideas of dressing well, and the formalities of ceremony and speech at celebratory occasions, Adéékó contends that being Yorùbá is indeed an art and Yorùbá-ness is a dynamic phenomenon that responds to cultural shifts as Yorùbá people inhabit an increasingly globalized world.
Author : Debbi Chocolate
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 22,53 MB
Release : 1997-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0802775284
A rhyming description of the kente cloth costumes of the Ashanti and Ewe people of Ghana and a portrayal of the symbolic colors and patterns.
Author : Mira Bartok
Publisher : Good Year Books
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,46 MB
Release : 1997-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780673363589
Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!
Author : Paschal Yao Younge
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 16,31 MB
Release : 2024-10-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786485310
The music and dance traditions of Ghana's four main ethnic groups are covered comprehensively in this book. It discusses concepts of music, dance and performance in general, and also goes into cultural perspectives, performance practices and the form and structure of 22 musical types or dance drumming ceremonies. As a guide to multicultural education, it provides teaching methods and components of curriculum development. Numerous photographs, maps, and musical scores generously illustrate the book.
Author : Pamela McClusky
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 24,94 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691092751
"The authors draw on personal memories, interviews, and oral narratives to present twelve "case histories" of objects--or clusters of objects-- in the Seatle Art Museum's renowned collection of African art."
