Author : Sharne Algotsson
Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 12,29 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
African design encompasses colours, textures, patterns, styles and traditions varied enough to fuel a range of dazzling home decorating looks. Detailed captions identify the design elements in each photograph, offering readers ideas for their own home
Author : Robert Farris Thompson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 19,89 MB
Release : 2010-05-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 0307874338
This landmark book shows how five African civilizations—Yoruba, Kongo, Ejagham, Mande and Cross River—have informed and are reflected in the aesthetic, social and metaphysical traditions (music, sculpture, textiles, architecture, religion, idiogrammatic writing) of black people in the United States, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Mexico, Brazil and other places in the New World.
Author : Grey Gundaker
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 25,80 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781572333567
"Focusing primarily, though not exclusively, on the southeastern United States, the book examines works ranging from James Hampton's well-known Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly (now part of the Smithsonian collection), to several elaborately decorated yards and gardens, to smaller-scale acts of commemoration, protection, and witness. The authors show how the artful arrangement and adornment of everyday objects and plants express both the makers' own experiences and concerns and a number of rich and sustaining cultural traditions. They identify a "lexicon" of material signs that are frequently and consistently used in African American culture and art and then show how such elements have been used in various individual works and what they mean to the practitioners themselves."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Sharne Algotsson
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,49 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Decoration and ornament
ISBN : 9780609605325
"Today more and more of us are striving to bring personal meaning and beauty into our lives and homes. African style is the perfect way to express that joy in living, whether your look is formal, traditional, minimal, casual country, or eclectic," writes Sharne Algotsson in her stunning new book, African Style: Down to the Details. Following on the success of her first book, The Spirit of African Design, written with Denys Davis, Sharne now offers a gorgeous, hands-on guide to decorating any home with the richness of Africa. Bursting with hundreds of full-color photographs, African Style: Down to the Details looks at a full range of home decorating options, with chapters on Color, Paint, and Pattern; Textiles; Furniture; Accessories and Display; and The Mix, which reveals how to coordinate all the elements to create a harmonious whole. Sharne offers a number of simple, inexpensive but exciting how-to projects that can revitalize a room, such as an African-Style Padded Window Cornice, as well as dramatic before-and-after photographs of quick makeovers for chairs, tables, mantels, and more. Written by the leading expert in the field, this book is a treasure trove of practical advice, decorating tips, and insider shortcuts for incorporating the vibrant beauty of Africa into any home, on any budget. In addition, an extensive resources section makes it easy for readers to locate hard-to-find specialty stores and suppliers of textiles, furniture, and accessories. Whether you want to redecorate your entire home or simply add a few fresh accents, African Style: Down to the Details is a dazzling celebration of the continent's unparalleled aesthetic.
Author : Gregory Mirow
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 45,93 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486296229
Over 200 pieces of clip art from various countries in Africa, including representations of people, animals, designs, borders, plants and jewelery. A resource for graphic design and collage, or as a source of jewelry design.
Author : Baltimore Museum of Art
Publisher :
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 27,48 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Art and society
ISBN :
Author : Chris Spring
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 30,89 MB
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 1588343804
African Textiles Today illustrates how African history is read, told, and recorded in cloth. All artifacts or works of art hold within them stories that range far beyond the time of their creation or the lifetime of their creator, and African textiles are patterned with these hidden histories. In Africa, cloth may be used to memorialize or commemorate something - an event, a person, a political cause - which in other parts of the world might be written down in detail or recorded by a plaque or monument. History in Africa can be read, told, and recorded in cloth. Making and trading numerous types of cloth have been vital elements in African life and culture for at least two millennia, linking different parts of the continent with each other and the rest of the world. Africa's long engagement with the peoples of the Mediterranean and the islands of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans provides a story of change and continuity. African Textiles Today shows how ideas, techniques, materials, and markets have adapted and flourished, and how the dynamic traditions in African textiles have provided inspiration for the continent's foremost contemporary artists and photographers. With a concluding chapter discussing the impact of African designs across the world, the book offers a fascinating insight into the living history of Africa.
Author : Carolyn Mazloomi
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 10,35 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN :
The author presents a collection of 150 contemporary African American quilts and the stories behind both the quilts and the quilters.
Author : Ras Michael Brown
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 25,19 MB
Release : 2012-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1139561049
African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the religious ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period into the twentieth century. Focusing on Kongo nature spirits known as the simbi, Ras Michael Brown describes the essential role religion played in key historical processes, such as establishing new communities and incorporating American forms of Christianity into an African-based spirituality. This book illuminates how people of African descent engaged the spiritual landscape of the Lowcountry through their subsistence practices, religious experiences and political discourse.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,73 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781595340641
A mystical and spiritual portrait of African American folk gardens in the South
