Book Description
Black-and-white linocut prints of geometric and abstract motifs, textual patterns, masks, and mythical figures provide a pictorial presentation of African designs
Author : Geoffrey Williams
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 28,50 MB
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0486227529
Black-and-white linocut prints of geometric and abstract motifs, textual patterns, masks, and mythical figures provide a pictorial presentation of African designs
Author : Zenmaster Coloring Books
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,37 MB
Release : 2016-05-31
Category :
ISBN : 9781533533432
This coloring book for adults is full of African inspired artwork, patterns and designs including African drums and masks, lions, elephants, giraffes and much more. Quality therapeutic stress relieving creative therapy with every page for grown ups who love to color.
Author : Christopher Spring
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 22,80 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780674036222
This book opens with the question, What is African art? The answer is a brilliantly colorful and detailed look at the myriad materials and genres, forms and meanings, cultural contexts and expressions that comprise artistic traditions across this vast and varied continent. Viewing artworks in their contexts--ancient and modern, urban and rural, western and eastern, decorative and functional--the book is nothing less than a virtual tour of African culture. Masks, textiles, royal art, sculpture, ceramics, tools and weapons--in each instance, the book features examples that reveal the most significant aspects of workmanship, materials, and design in objects of wood, stone, ivory, clay, metalwork, featherwork, leather, basketwork, and cloth. Photographs of each piece alongside close-ups of fine details afford new views of these works and allow for intriguing comparisons between seemingly unrelated objects and media. The featured details evoke the hand and eye of the most accomplished craftspeople across Africa, past and present. In sum, these photographs, along with Chris Spring's enlightening commentary, offer an experience of African art that is at once broad and deep, richly informed and intimately felt. They are, at the same time, a kaleidoscopic view of art from prehistory to gestures prefiguring the future.
Author : Sharne Algotsson
Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 26,13 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 : Tapiwa Matsinde
Publisher :
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 19,12 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Art, Modern
ISBN :
"Contemporary African Design offers a refreshing challenge to rigid perceptions of what African design looks like. Focusing primarily on interior decoration, the book presents fifty designers, artisans, and cooperatives based on the continent or part of the diaspora who are creating sophisticated and innovative products and interiors." --Publisher.
Author : Gregory Mirow
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 32,55 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780486296227
African art, with its striking and imaginative themes, has had a tremendous influence on contemporary art and design. The motifs in this rich collection of traditional African designs reflect the vigor and spirit of this dynamic and expressive art form. Stylized lions, birds, fish, alligators, and other animals; totemic figures; and abstracts, geometrics, zigzags, and border configurations are just a few of the subjects carefully adapted by artist Gregory Mirow from shields, masks, jewelry, textiles, wall paintings, carved panels, fans, rock paintings, leather work, gourds, and other sources. Over 200 designs, boldly rendered in black and white, include authentic motifs and art from many different African countries, among them Dahomey, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, and others.
Author : Marjorie Sarnat
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 40,82 MB
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0486821641
Classic African-inspired images feature silhouetted figures in head wraps and flowing gowns decorated with patterns based on traditional African arts and crafts designs. Background elements include animals, plants, and fanciful ornaments.
Author : Alisa LaGamma
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 28,7 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Textile fabrics
ISBN : 1588392937
Author : Zenmaster Coloring Books
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 19,23 MB
Release : 2016-06-28
Category :
ISBN : 9781534902534
This coloring book for adults is full of African inspired artwork and designs ranging from big cats to African drums. Quality therapeutic creative therapy with every page for grown-ups who love to color and explore the beauty of cultures from around the world.
Author : Okwui Enwezor
Publisher : Damiani Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,46 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9788862080927
[S]urvey of the work of contemporary African artists from diverse situations, locations, and generations who work either in or outside of Africa, but whose practices engage and occupy the social and cultural complexities of the continent since the past 30 years.... Organized in chronological order, the book covers all major artistic mediums: painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, installation, drawing, collage.... Presents examples of ... work by more than 160 African artists.... [I]ncludes Georges Adeagbo Tayo Adenaike, Ghada Amer, El Anatsui, Kader Attia, Luis Basto, Candice Breitz, Moustapha Dimé, Marlene Dumas, Victor Ekpuk, Samuel Fosso, Jak Katarikawe, William Kentridge, Rachid Koraichi, Mona Mazouk, Julie Mehretu, Nandipha Mntambo, Hassan Musa, Donald Odita, Iba Ndiaye, Richard Onyango, Ibrahim El Salahi, Issa Samb, Cheri Samba, Ousmane Sembene, Yinka Shonibare, Barthelemy Toguo, Obiora Udechukwu, and Sue Williamson.--From publisher description..