Early Art and Architecture of Africa by Peter Garlake (English) Paperback Book

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This new history of over 5000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art, Peter Garlake uses the latest research and archaeological findings to offer exciting new insights.

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This new history of over 5000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art, Peter Garlake uses the latest research and archaeological findings to offer exciting new insights. All the main regions are covered: southern Africa, Nubia, Aksum, the Niger River, West Africa, Great Zimbabwe, and the East African coast.Acknowledgingthe universal allure of the African art object, this book restores it to its original social and historical context, helping us to understand more about the ways in which this art was produced, used,and received.

Notes

Art history. 100 colour and b/w illus. Oxford History Of Art series.

Author Biography

Peter Garlake was Inspector of Monuments, Rhodesia, 1964-70; Senior Research Fellow, University of Ife, Nigeria, 1971-3; Nuffield Research Student, British Institute in Eastern Africa, 1962-4; and Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University College London, 1976-81. He has done archaeological fieldwork in Rhodesia, Nigeria, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, and Somali coasts, Qatar. He has spent the last ten years doing research on the rock art of Zimbabwe.

Table of Contents

1: Introduction2: Rock Art of Southern Africa3: Nubia4: Aksum5: The Niger River6: West African Forests7: Great Zimbabwe and the Southern African Interior8: The East African CoastNotesList of IllustrationsFurther ReadingTimelineIndex

Review

"There is nothing else like it. A sure guide to the Africa of ancient marvels and scenes of confrontation in times and places long forgotten or unknown."--Basil Davidson

Long Description

This new history of over 5000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art, Peter Garlake uses the latest research and archaeological findings to offer exciting new insights. All the main regions are covered: southern Africa, Nubia, Aksum, the Niger River, West Africa, Great Zimbabwe, and the East African coast.Acknowledgingthe universal allure of the African art object, this book restores it to its original social and historical context, helping us to understand more about the ways in which this art was produced, used, and received.

Review Quote

"There is nothing else like it. A sure guide to the Africa of ancient marvels and scenes of confrontation in times and places long forgotten or unknown."--Basil Davidson

Details ISBN0192842617 Author Peter Garlake Short Title OXFORD HIST OF ART Pages 216 Language English ISBN-10 0192842617 ISBN-13 9780192842619 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 709.6 Year 2002 Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Affiliation Professor of Classics, Miami University, Ohio DOI 10.1604/9780192842619 NZ Release Date 2002-04-25 Illustrator Jeanne Debost-Roth Birth 1900 Death 1979 Position Professor of Classics Qualifications MD UK Release Date 2002-04-25 Publisher Oxford University Press Series Oxford History of Art Publication Date 2002-04-25 Illustrations numerous colour and haltones; 6 maps; 7 line drawings Audience General AU Release Date 2002-04-30 We've got this

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