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New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1996. A Fine unmarked copy in blue cloth boards with VG+ dustjacket which has a rub mark to rear. A very large format volume of viii + 191 pages. Fully illustrated in colour. Inspired by a landmark exhibition of art on view at the Guggenheim Museum, this book provides an accessible overview to one of the world's great art traditions. This book presents masterworks organizes into seven geographical area - Ancient Egypt and Nubia, eastern Africa, southern Africa, central Africa, Western Africa and the Guinea Coast, Sahel and Savanna, and northern Africa. Introduction by Cornel West and preface by Thomas Krens with essays by five others. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.7 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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Africa, the Art of a Continent: 100 Works of Power and Beauty Hardcover - 1996
by Henry Louis Gates; Ekpo Eyo (With); Peter Mark (With)
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- Title Africa, the Art of a Continent: 100 Works of Power and Beauty
- Author Henry Louis Gates; Ekpo Eyo (With); Peter Mark (With)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 191
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher ABRAMS, New York
- Date September 1996
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780810968943 / 0810968940
- Weight 3.67 lbs (1.66 kg)
- Dimensions 12.31 x 9.79 x 1.09 in (31.27 x 24.87 x 2.77 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 730.096
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New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1996. Hardcover. VG+. smudges to title pg. pgs edge-toned. clean interior. dustjacket has scuffs & scratches; light spots of soiling.. blue cloth boards w/ debossed printing. 191 w/ color and bw illustrations. glossy white & illustrated dustjacket. Inspired by a landmark exhibition of art on view at the Guggenheim Museum, this book provides an accessible overview to one of the world's great art traditions. Africa is the birthplace of human civilization, and produced some of humankind's earliest art objects. This book presents masterworks organized into seven geographical areas - Ancient Egypt and Nubia, eastern Africa, southern Africa, central Africa, western Africa and the Guinea Coast, Sahel and Savanna, and Northern Africa. Spectacular sculptures in wood, bronze, and stone provide stunning proof of the aesthetic strength of African traditions, even in the case of utilitarian works that were not made to be "art". In some cases, the very concept of art was foreign to…
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New York, Guggenheim Museum. 1996. Original publisher's blue cloth hardback, blindstamped tile on spine and frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large 4to: Frontispiece map Africa, viij, 192pp., several bl.& wh. text-photographs, 100 coloured page-large photographs with descriptions, 6 essays [Kwame Anthony Appiah - Suzanne Preston Blier - Ekpo Eyo - Henry Louis Gates jr. - Peter Mark], bibliography, photo credits. Very fine copy. "" Spectacular sculptures in wood, bronze and stone provide stunning proof of the aesthetic strength of African traditions, even in the case of utilitarian works that were not made to be art "".
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