A Short History of African Art (Penguin Art & Architecture S.) - Softcover

Gillon, Werner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140136118 ISBN 13: 9780140136111

Publisher: Penguin, 1991

Synopsis

An history of the visual arts of Africa - sculpture, painting and architecture; textiles, pottery and other household objects; jewellery, ceremonial and religious dress and body art. The author examines the major influences on African culture and art over the centuries: the civilizations of Egypt and the Mediterranean coast, the spread of Islam, the Bantu migrations, the evolution of the tribal system, the arrival of the Europeans and Christianity and the development of trade within Africa and beyond. He then examines the earliest known art forms, the preshitoric rock art found in a number of regions and the artefacts of the ancient Nubian, Aksumite and Nok cultures, and goes on to consider the development of the visual arts in a number of individual regions ranging from the Sahara to the Cape, from Ethiopia and the Swahili coast in the east to the Niger Delta and Benin in the west.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140136118
• ISBN 13: 9780140136111
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416