Garlake Peter (Independent Scholar)
Garlake Peter (Independent Scholar) - Early Art And Architecture Of Africa - Paperback
Garlake Peter (Independent Scholar) - Early Art And Architecture Of Africa - Paperback
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Description: This new history of over 5000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art Peter Garlake uses the latest research and archaeological findings to offer exciting new insights. All the main regions are covered: southern Africa Nubia Aksum the Niger River West Africa Great Zimbabwe and the East African coast. Acknowledging the universal allure of the African art object this book restores it to its original social and historical context helping us to understand more about the ways in which this art was produced used and received.
Title: Early Art And Architecture Of Africa
Author(s): Garlake Peter (Independent Scholar)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780192842619
Pages: 216 Pages, Numerous Colour And Haltones; 6 Maps; 7 Line Drawings
Publication Date: 7/18/2002
Series: Oxford History of Art
Category: History Of Art: Byzantine & Medieval Art C 500 Ce To C 1400
Description: This new history of over 5000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art Peter Garlake uses the latest research and archaeological findings to offer exciting new insights. All the main regions are covered: southern Africa Nubia Aksum the Niger River West Africa Great Zimbabwe and the East African coast. Acknowledging the universal allure of the African art object this book restores it to its original social and historical context helping us to understand more about the ways in which this art was produced used and received.
Title: Early Art And Architecture Of Africa
Author(s): Garlake Peter (Independent Scholar)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780192842619
Pages: 216 Pages, Numerous Colour And Haltones; 6 Maps; 7 Line Drawings
Publication Date: 7/18/2002
Series: Oxford History of Art
Category: History Of Art: Byzantine & Medieval Art C 500 Ce To C 1400
