African Art (World of Art) - New Edition

Informationen zum Autor Frank Willett was Director, and is now an Honorary Senior Research Fellow, of the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Glasgow. Klappentext "An indispensable part of the history of the skills and ideas of mankind."--Scientific American. Zusammenfassung A revised edition of this classic survey of African art! featuring (among others) the work of the BaTeke! the Fang and the BaKota. It also examines the aesthetic impact of tribal art on the development of 20th-century Western art! especially on artists such as Picasso! Braque and Modigliani.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Willett, Willett Frank
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.2002
• EAN: 9780500203644
• ISBN: 978-0-500-20364-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 540 g
• Series: world of art; World of Art S.; World of Art
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Africa, ART / History / General, Folk Art, Decorative arts, ART / African, DESIGN / Decorative Arts, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Folk, Folkloric styles