A companion to modern African Art / edited by Gitti Salami and Monica Blackmun Visona.

Offering a wealth of perspectives on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this new Companion features essays by African, European, and North American authors who assess the work of individual artists as well as exploring broader themes such as discoveries...

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Other Authors: Salami, Gitti, Visonà, Monica Blackmun, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Blackwell companions to art history ; 6.
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Summary:Offering a wealth of perspectives on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this new Companion features essays by African, European, and North American authors who assess the work of individual artists as well as exploring broader themes such as discoveries of new technologies and globalization. A pioneering continent-based assessment of modern art and modernity across Africa. Includes original and previously unpublished fieldwork-based material. Features new and complex theoretical arguments about the nature of modernity.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 626 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781118515068
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Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 12, 2013).