ART 292: African Art: Books and Ebooks
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African American Art and Artists by Call Number: Spec. Col. N6538.N5 L38 2003ISBN: 0520239350Publication Date: 2003-03-18Looks at the works and lives of artists from the eighteenth century to the present, including work in traditional media as well as in installation art, mixed media, and digital/computer art. This book reveals the legacy of work by African American artists, whose art is included in the permanent collections of national and international museums.
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Aaron Douglas by Call Number: N6537.D62 A4 2007ISBN: 0300121806Publication Date: 2007-10-28In paintings, murals, and book illustrations, Aaron Douglas produced the most powerful visual legacy of the Harlem Renaissance. Presenting more than 90 illustrations of Douglas' works and the commentary of critics and historians, this book focuses on the artist's career from the 1920s through the 1940s in relation to American modernism.
An Anthology of African Art by Call Number: Spec Col. N7391.65 A5713ISBN: 1891024388Publication Date: 2002-06-02
Something All Our Own by Call Number: Spec Col N6538 .N5H55 2004ISBN: 9780822333180Publication Date: 2003-12-01The NBA star presents his art collection, with essays (by Hill and others) on his own art collecting and art collecting in African Americans' lives.
The World of Spirits and Ancestors by ISBN: 0896723461Publication Date: 1995-04-05A magnificent full-color book introducing a collection of traditional western Sub-Saharan African art.
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Zulu Warrior with Ox-hide Shield, by Nicolaas Henneman, Summer 1853. Retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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