709.67 / VOG
Africa explores; 20th century African art
Susan Mullin Vogel. 1991.
Africa Explores looks at the major themes in African art of the twentieth century. Objects illustrated reflect an extraordinarily broad range of media and styles, demonstrating the continuing vitality of traditional art as wells as its capacity to change and absorb new ideas and situations.

730.967 / AFR
African aesthetics; the Carlo Monzino collection
Susan Mullin Vogel. 1986.
The purpose of this book and its accompanying exhibition was to recognize not only the full richness and complexity of African art but also to realize an understanding of its intellectual basis. The pieces presented were selected for their aesthetic qualities in their own culture and time.

709.66 / TRO
African and oceanic art
Margaret Trowell. 1968.
Part one of this volume, entitled "the Form and Content of African Art", includes an introduction to the factors which determine the mode of African art as well as descriptions of dance masks, fetish figures, reliquaries, and decorative objects.

709.011 / WIL
African art; an introduction
Frank Willett 1971.
Frank Willett, who spent several years heading excavations in Nigeria,
presents on overall review of the variety and power of the art of sub-Saharan Africa. He examines the sources, modes, and meanings of African art as well as its complex religious, social and practical functions.

709.011 / AFR
African art and oceanic art
Francesco Abbate. 1972.
The 92 full color illustrations in this book show masks, figurines, everyday utensils, jewelry, domestic carvings, and objects of magical and mystical significance. They cover the finest art works of Africa and Oceania.

709.66 / COU
African canvas; the art of West African women
Margaret Courtney-Clarke. 1990.
African Canvas documents the vernacular art and architecture of West Africa that is not transportable and therefore not seen in museums around the world. In this indigenous rural culture the woman is the artist and the painted mud dwelling her canvas.

730.966 / ALL
African stone sculpture
Philip Allison. 1968.
African stone sculpture have in addition to their aesthetic qualities, great
historical and ethnographic interest as examples of the artistic products of past ages. This photographic and documentary survey includes examples of this art form, known from only six localities in sub-Saharan Africa--Sierra Leone, Guinea, southern Nigeria, the Lower Congo, eastern Rhodesia and southern Ethiopia.

709.03 / MEY
Art and craft in Africa; everyday life, ritual, court art
Laure Meyer. 1995.
Most of the African objects discussed in this book date from the nineteenth century. They Illustrate the wealth of technical and aesthetic creations developed in over one hundred cultures ranging from Guinea in the west and Kenya in the east, and from Northern Mali to South Africa.

j709 / GLU
The art of Africa
Shirley Glubok. 1965.
Shirley Glubok's brief look at African art describes simply but effectively
the objects portrayed. She includes short bits of information including
culture and date, and succinct explanations of how objects were used or
made.

709.011 / LEU
The art of black Africa
Elsy Leuzinger. 1972.
More than 200 art objects are included in this photographic survey of Africa's centuries-old artistic tradition. The detailed index identifies each object by tribe, material, use, or size and by current location.

730.0899 / TUR
The art of the Maasai; 300 newly discovered objects and works of art.
Gillies Gurle. 1992.
In addition to talking about the significance of these three hundred symbols of Maasai spiritual life, the author conveys the feeling and rhythm of the Kenya he has come to know during the ten years of his friendship with the Maasi.

730.967 / MEY
Black Africa; masks sculpture jewelry
Laure Meyer. 1992.
This thematic approach to the subject of Black African Art provides basic principles of ethnology in order to offer the non-specialist reader a feeling for the beauty, power, delicacy, or fearsome nature of certain aspects of African art.

732.209 / NAY
Black images; the art of West Africa
Penelope Naylor. 1973.
In photographs and poetry this unique book leads the reader to a spiritual appreciation of the art of West Africa.

704.0396 / ELE
Elephant; the animal and its ivory in African culture
Dorian H. Ross. 1992.
This book examines the relationship of the elephant to the culture, art, and ritual of sub-Saharan Africa.

709.682 / COU
Ndebele, the art of an African tribe
Margaret Courtney-Clarke. 1986.
For generations, the women of the Ndebele of southern Africa have produced an art of remarkable richness and vitality. This photographic essay emphasizes the bright colors and bold abstract patterns of their ceremonial beadwork and the large murals that cover the exterior walls of their mud dwellings.

709.011 / BAT
Primitive art
Michael Batterberry and Ariane Ruskin. 1972.
One fifth of this book is devoted to full color illustrations and description of the art of Africa. The index lists peoples and their locations.

709.01 / GIL
A short history of African art
Werner Gillon. 1984.
In an attempt to reconstruct a comprehensive history of the visual arts of Africa, A Short History of African Art includes not only sculpture, painting, and architecture, but also textiles, pottery and other household objects, jewelry, ceremonial and religious dress, and body art.

709.011/ATT
The tribal eye
David Attenborough (1976)
The Tribal Eye is an examination of the making and use of tribal art in some of the few place in the world where traditions are intact. It includes a chapter on the Dogon, master mask makers, smiths and builders and one on bronze-casting in West Africa.