African Art; an Introduction

Praeger Publishers, New York, 1975. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII, 9-288 pages, notes, bibliography, acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with a few black and white maps, but numerous black-and-white photographs and colour photographs throughout the text. Colour photographic front cover, against a black background, with black and white titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. A trace of foxing to the top edge of the text block, And to be 1st 2 pages, and there is a scratch in the middle of the rear panel." " " Only in comparatively recent times have the tribal art of sub-Saharan Africa, by universal agreement, taken their place among the great creative achievements of mankind. Their vigor, symbolic strength, and sophisticated abstraction had come to be appreciated not only for their aesthetic and sociological significance; they are also recognized as a crucial influence in development of twenthieth-century Western art." -- from the rear panel blurb. A look at this particular genre of art. Third impression of the First Edition. Size: Large Format Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; Art -- History and Theory; Art -- Primitive; Africa; ISBN: 0275711803. ISBN/EAN: 9780275711801. Inventory No: 0241013. . 9780275711801