SmartHistory of Art IV - Africa

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: West Africa
  7. 1.1: Burkina Faso
  8. 1.2: The art of Ghana
  9. 1.2.1: Golden Stool (Sika dwa kofi), Asante peoples
  10. 1.2.2: Linguist Staff (Okyeamepoma) (Asante peoples)
  11. 1.2.4: Memorial Head (Akan peoples)
  12. 1.2.5: Akua’ba Female Figure (Akan peoples)
  13. 1.2.6: Asafo Flags- Stitches Through Time
  14. 1.2.7: El Anatsui
  15. 1.2.8: El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth
  16. 4.1.2.3: Kente cloth
  17. 1.3: Guinea
  18. 1.4: The art of the Ivory Coast
  19. 1.4.1: Owie Kimou, Portrait Mask (Mblo) of Moya Yanso (Baule peoples)
  20. 1.4.2: Pair of Diviner’s Figures (Baule peoples)
  21. 1.5: The art of Mali
  22. 1.5.1: Saving Timbuktu’s manuscripts
  23. 1.5.2: Seated Figure (Djenné peoples)
  24. 1.5.3: Lost History- the terracotta sculpture of Djenne Djenno
  25. 1.5.4: Great Mosque of Djenné (Djenné peoples)
  26. 1.5.5: Dogon Couple (Dogon peoples)
  27. 1.5.6: Mask (Kanaga) (Dogon peoples)
  28. 1.5.7: Male and Female Antelope Headdresses (Ci wara) (Bamana peoples)
  29. 1.5.8: Kòmò Helmet Mask (Kòmòkunw) (Bamana peoples)
  30. 1.5.9: Seydou Keïta, Untitled (Seated Woman with Chevron Print Dress)
  31. 1.6: The art of Nigeria
  32. 1.6.1: Benin Plaques
  33. 1.6.2: The Kingdom of Benin
  34. 1.6.3: Benin Art- Patrons, Artists and Current Controversies
  35. 1.6.4: The Imagery of Power on Benin Bronze Plaques
  36. 1.6.5: Benin and the Portuguese
  37. 1.6.6: Queen Mother Pendant Mask (Iyoba) (Edo peoples)
  38. 1.6.7: Benin ivory mask (Edo peoples)
  39. 1.6.8: Benin plaque- Equestrian Oba and Attendants
  40. 1.6.9: Ere Ibeji Figures (Yoruba peoples)
  41. 1.6.10: Kingdom of Ife- Sculptures from West Africa
  42. 1.6.11: Ife uncovered
  43. 1.6.12: Olowe of Ise
  44. 1.6.13: Olowe of Ise, Veranda Post of Enthroned King and Senior Wife
  45. 1.6.14: Ikenga (Igbo peoples)
  46. 1.6.15: Uche Okeke
  47. 1.6.16: Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard)
  48. 1.7: Republic of Benin
  49. 1.8: The art of Sierra Leone
  50. 1.8.1: Lidded Saltcellar
  51. 1.8.2: Stone Head (mahe yafei), Kisi peoples
  52. 1.8.3: Bundu / Sowei Helmet Mask (Mende peoples)
  53. 1.8.4: Helmet Mask
  54. 1.8.5: Cotton hammock (Vai peoples)
  55. 1.8.6: Ceremonial Ladle (Dan peoples)
  56. 1.8.7: Found accidentally
  57. 2: Central Africa
  58. 2.1: Cameroon
  59. 2.1.1: Ceremonial Palm Wine Vessel (Cameroon Grasslands peoples)
  60. 2.1.2: Elephant Mask (Bamileke Peoples)
  61. 2.2: Democratic Republic of the Congo
  62. 2.2.1: Crucifix (Kongo peoples)
  63. 2.2.2: Female (pwo) Mask
  64. 2.2.3: Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), Kongo peoples
  65. 2.2.4: Ndop Portrait of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul (Kuba peoples)
  66. 2.2.5: Lukasa (Memory Board) (Luba peoples)
  67. 2.2.6: Buli Master, possibly Ngongo ya Chintu, Prestige Stool- Female Caryatid (Luba or Hemba peoples)
  68. 2.2.7: Double Prestige Panel (Kuba peoples)
  69. 2.2.8: Figurative Harp (Domu) (Mangbetu peoples)
  70. 2.3: Gabon
  71. 2.3.1: Kota reliquary (mbulu ngulu)
  72. 2.3.2: Female Figure from a Reliquary Ensemble (Fang peoples)
  73. 2.3.3: Female Reliquary Guardian Figure (Fang peoples)—video
  74. 3: North Africa
  75. 3.1: Algeria and Libya
  76. 3.1.1: Rock Art in North Africa
  77. 3.1.2: Rock Art in the Green Sahara (Africa)
  78. 3.1.3: Running Horned Woman, Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria
  79. 3.1.4: Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
  80. 3.1.5: Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
  81. 3.2: Egypt
  82. 3.3: The art of Tunisia
  83. 3.3.1: The Great Mosque of Kairouan
  84. 3.3.2: Kairouan (from UNESCO)
  85. 4: Southern Africa
  86. 4.1: The art of Namibia
  87. 4.1.1: Origins of rock art in Africa
  88. 4.1.2: Apollo 11 Cave Stones
  89. 4.2: The art of South Africa
  90. 4.2.1: Married Woman’s Apron (Ndebele peoples)
  91. 4.2.2: William Kentridge, drawing from Tide Table (Soho in Deck Chair)
  92. 4.2.2.1: On the beach, but in a suit
  93. 4.3: Zimbabwe
  94. 4.3.1: Great Zimbabwe
  95. 5: A beginner's guide
  96. 5.1: Peoples and cultures
  97. 5.2: Historical overview- to 1600
  98. 5.3: Historical overview- from the 1600s to the present
  99. 5.4: Aesthetics
  100. 5.5: The human figure, animals and symbols
  101. 5.6: Form and meaning
  102. 5.7: Religion and the Spiritual Realm
  103. 5.8: Art and politics
  104. 5.9: Rites of passage
  105. 5.10: Art and the individual
  106. 5.11: African art and the effects of European contact and colonization
  107. 5.12: The Reception of African Art in the West
  108. 5.13: Western appreciation of African art
  109. 6: East Africa and the Horn of Africa
  110. 6.1: Tanzania
  111. 6.2: The art of Ethiopia
  112. 6.2.1: Aksumite Coins
  113. 6.2.2: Illuminated Gospel
  114. 6.2.3: Julie Mehretu, Stadia II
  115. 6.2.4: Christian Ethiopian art
  116. 6.2.5: An Ethiopian icon
  117. 6.2.6: The kingdom of Aksum
  118. Back Matter
  119. Index
  120. Glossary
  121. Detailed Licensing