ENGLISH 240: Studies in World Literature

 

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African Art
Books | Journal Articles | Websites

Selected Books

Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students (4 v.)
REF DT3.A249

African Art and Culture
NX587.B56

African Reflections
N7399.C6.S35

Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African & African American Experience (5 v.)
REF DT14.A37435

Art of the World: Africa
N7380.L363

The Dictionary of Art (34 v. see section on "Africa")
REF n31.D5

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art (5 v. see section on "Africa")
REF N31.M3

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Selected Journal Articles

"art, African." Encyclopędia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopędia Britannica Online. 27 Sept. 2007.

Berzock, Kathleen Bickford, and Barbara E. Frank. "A CURATOR'S PERSPECTIVE." African Arts 40.1 (Spring 2007): 11-17.

Cole, Herbert M. "Forty Years of African Arts." African Arts 40.1 (Spring 2007): 1-5.

Hancock, Gordon B. "Three Elements of African Culture." The Journal of Negro History (1923): 284-300.

Noor, Ibrahim. "Art in Africa: Backwards or Forwards?" Transition 27 (1966): 39-41.

Peffer, John. "Notes on African Art, History, and Diasporas Within." African Arts 38.4 (Winter 2005): 70-96.

Roberts, Allen F. "Same and Other: Negotiating African Identity in Cultural Production." Africa Today 50.3 (Spring 2004): 140-142.

Schildkrout, Enid, and Curtis A. Keim. "Art of Africa.." Natural History 99.6 (June 1990): 72-77.

Underwood, Leon. "African Art and Its Place in Tradition." Man 48 (1948): 90-91.

Vogel, Susan. "Whither African Art?." African Arts 38.4 (Winter 2005): 12-91.

Willett, Frank. "Expanding Horizons in African Art." Art History 5.2 (June 1982): 227-231.

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Websites

Guggenheim Museum - Africa: The Art of a Continent

Hamill Gallery of African Art

The Kennedy Center - African Odyssey Interactive

National Museum of African Art

Pan African Imagery

Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

Timeline of Art: Africa

University of Iowa - Art and Life in Africa Project

University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center - African Sculpture

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Contact: Rob Walsh, Reference & Instruction Librarian
Updated: October 2007