African Art

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African Art

BIBLIOGRAPHY

See also Art and African Culture.

William Bascom. African Art in Cultural Perspective: An Introduction. W. W. Norton. 1973. 196pp.

Ezio Bassani. Arts of Africa: 7000 Years of African Art. Grimaldi Forum Monaco. 2005. 409pp.

Edna Bay. Asen, Ancestors, and Vodun: Tracing Change in African Art. University of Illinois Press. 2008. 208pp.

René A. Bravmann. Islam and Tribal Art in West Africa. Cambridge University Press. 1974. 189pp.

Douglas Fraser; Herbert M. Cole (editor). African Art and Leadership. University of Wisconsin Press. 2004. 350pp.

Peter Garlake. Early Art and Architecture of Africa. Oxford University Press. 2002. 214pp.

L. J. P. Gaskin. A Bibliography of African Art. International African Institute. 1965. 120pp.

Werner Gillon. A Short History of African Art. Penguin. 1991. 416pp.

Sidney Littlefield Kasfir. Contemporary African Art. Thames & Hudson. 2000. 224pp.

Babatunde Lawal. The Gelede Spectacle: Art, Gender, and Social Harmony in an African Culture. University of Washington Press. 1996. 327pp.

Patrick R. McNaughton. The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa. Indiana University Press. 1993. 270pp.

Judith Perani; Norma H. Wolff. Cloth, Dress, and Art Patronage in Africa. Berg Publishers. 1999. 217pp.

Allen F. Roberts. Animals in African art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous. Prestel. 1995. 192pp.

Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser. The World of Spirits and Ancestors in the Art of Western Sub-Saharan Africa. Texas Tech University Press. 1995. 185pp.

Enid Schildkrout; Curtis A. Keim (editor). The Scramble for Art in Central Africa. Cambridge University Press. 1998. 257p.

Roy Sieber; Roslyn Adele Walker. African Art in the Cycle of Life. Smithsonian Press. 1987. 155pp. For the National Museum of African Art.

Christopher Burghard Steiner. African Art in Transit. Cambridge University Press. 1994. 220pp.

Monica Blackmun Visona; Robin Poyner; Herbert M. Cole; Michael D. Harris. History of Art in Africa. Prentice Hall Art History. 2000. 448pp.

Susan M. Vogel. Baule: African Art, Western Eyes. Yale University Art Gallery. 1997. 312pp. With the Museum for African Art, New York City.

Frank Willett. African Art. Thames & Hudson. 2002. 272pp.

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