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High-backed stool, Kami ethnic group, late 19th century, Musée des Confluences, Lyon Tanzania. Masterworks of African Skulpture (German: Tanzania. Meisterwerke afrikanischer Skulptur; Swahili: Sanaa za Mabingwa wa Kiafrika) was an art exhibition of traditional African sculptures originating from the mainland region of modern Tanzania.
Mask from Gabon Two Chiwara c. late 19th early 20th centuries, Art Institute of Chicago.Female (left) and male, vertical styles. Most African sculpture from regions south of the Sahara was historically made of wood and other organic materials that have not survived from earlier than a few centuries ago, while older pottery figures are found from a number of areas.
His work constitutes a synthesis between the traditional African art, the tools and techniques of the modern era." (see also [ 10 ] ). After graduating in 1975, and fluent in German (in addition to English, Bemba, Ndebele, and Ngoni), he returned to Lusaka to the Institute of African Studies.
The study of African art until recently focused on the traditional art of certain well-known groups on the continent, with a particular emphasis on traditional sculpture, masks and other visual culture from non-Islamic West Africa, Central Africa, [15] and Southern Africa with a particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Recently ...
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In New currents, ancient rivers: contemporary African artists in a generation of change. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. Muhammad, Baqie Badawi, "Arts: Visual Arts and Artists: Sudan", in: Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, General Editor Suad Joseph. Porter, Venetia. Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East.
Nigerian Traditional Arts, Crafts and Architecture; Yoruban and Akan Art in Wood and Metal, Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences; For spirits and kings: African art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman collection, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Yoruba art
The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-Saharan and North Africa , 300,000 photographs, and 50,000 library volumes.