LEADER 04800nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910790117603321 005 20230120071232.0 010 $a1-283-95782-5 010 $a1-78042-883-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000180966 035 $a(EBL)915106 035 $a(OCoLC)793511416 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631753 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12268070 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631753 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10600308 035 $a(PQKB)10863208 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC915106 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL915106 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10622174 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL427032 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4982549 035 $a(PPN)197277837 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000180966 100 $a20111025d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfrican art$b[electronic resource] /$fMaurice Delafosse 210 $aNew York $cParkstone Press International$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 225 0$aTemporis collection 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84484-897-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Origins and Prehistory; Aim and Object of This Book; Origin of the Negro Peoples of Africa; Hypothetical Lemuria; Oceanic Migrations; Autochthonous Africans; Peopling of Africa; The Negroes of Africa at the Time of Herodotus; Development of Negro Civilisationsin Antiquity; Paucity of Historical Documentation; "Aggry Beads"; Phoenician and Carthaginian Influence; Abyssinian Semites and the Beni-Israel; Romans and Berbers; Negro Africa in the Middle Ages; The Empire of Ghana; The Almoravide Movement; The Kingdom of Diara; The Kingdom of Soso 327 $aThe Beginnings of the Songhoy EmpireThe Mandinka Empire; The Mossi Empires; West Africa from the 15th Century toToday; More Abundant Documentation; The Mandinka and Songhoy Empires; The Askia Mohammed; Koli-Tengella; The Last Askias; The Pashas of Timbuktu; The Bambara Kingdoms; The Tukulor Conquest; The Wanderings of Samori; The Peoples of the West Coast; The Peoples of the Bend of the Niger; The Negroes of Central andEastern Sudan; The Hausa Countries; The Empire of Bornu; The Bagirmi; The Kingdom of Wadai; Darfur and Kurdufan; Rabah's Adventure; Mahdism; South Africa; The Bantu; The Congo 327 $aThe AnsikaThe Mataman; The Bechuana; The Monomotapa; Kilwa and the Zanzibar Sultanates; The Kingdoms of the Interior; European and Christian Influence; Material Civilisations; Diversity of Material Civilisations; Influence of Physical Environment; Habitations; Furniture and Utensils; Clothing and Decoration; Skilled Occupations; Social Customs; The Family and the Two Systems of Relationship; The Patriarch; Marriage; Divorce; Orphans; Polygamy; Individual and Collective Property; Slavery; Religious Beliefs and Practices; Islam, Christianity, and Animism; Individual Spirits of People and Things 327 $aVital BreathPriests; Belief in a Supreme God; Magic and Magicians; Artistic and Intellectual Expression; Negro Talents; Human Figures and Gods; Animal Representations; lndustrial Arts; Architecture; Music; Native Literature in Arabic; Written Literature in Native Tongue; "Griots" or Living Encyclopaedias; Popular Oral Literature; Origin of Popular Themes; Genius for Story-Telling; Moral Tales; Refuting the so-called Intellectual Inferiority of the Negroes; Appendix; Selective Bibliography; Notes; Index by Ethnicity 330 $aAfrican Art invites you to explore the dynamic origins of the vast artistic expressions arising from the exotic and mystifying African continent.Since the discovery of African art at the end of the nineteenth century during the colonial expositions it has been a limitless source of inspiration for artists who, over time, have perpetually recreated these artworks.The power of Sub-Saharan African art lies within its visual diversity, demonstrating the creativity of the artists who are continuing to conceptualize new stylistic forms. From Mauritania to South Africa and from the Ivory Coast to Som 410 0$aTemporis 606 $aBlack people$zAfrica 606 $aEthnology$zAfrica 606 $aArt, African 607 $aAfrica$xCivilization 607 $aAfrica$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aBlack people 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aArt, African. 676 $a709.6607473 700 $aDelafosse$b Maurice$f1870-1926.$0130623 701 2$aDelafosse$b Maurice$f1870-1926.$0130623 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790117603321 996 $aAfrican art$93702684 997 $aUNINA