History of Art in Africa (Trade Version) - Hardcover

Visona, Monica Blackmun; Poynor, Robin; Cole, Herbert M.; Harris, Michael D.; Abiodun, Rowland; Blier, Suzanne Preston

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131833561 ISBN 13: 9780131833562

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2003

Synopsis

544 pages, 700 illustrations including 120 plates in colour, with 9 maps

About this title

About the Author:

MONICA BLACKMUN VISONA is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Kentucky. Her publications focuses upon the arts of the Lagoon Peoples and upon the larger issues of contemporary African art.

 

ROBIN POYNOR is Professor of Art History at the University of Florida. He is a specialist on Yoruba arts in Africa and the New World and is a regular contributor to African Arts.  He has served as both consultant and guest curator for numerous exhibitions.

 

HERBERT M. COLE is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Arts Council of the African Studies Association. He has published numerous books and exhibition catalogues.

 

The closing chapter of this book was written by Michael Harris, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Emory University.  The preface was written by Roland Abiodun, Professor of Art Hisotry at Amherst College, and the introduction was written by Suzanne Preston Blier, Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Art and Africam American Studies at Harvard University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0131833561
• ISBN 13: 9780131833562
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448