ISBN: 9780945802013 - africa and the renaissance: art in ivory (10 résultats)

Paperback. Black illustrated wraps. 255 pp. Color and bw plates. Catalogue for exhibition. An interesting and illuminating work of scholarship discussing the trade between African artists and European markets. VG (minor edgewear on the wraps; interior is clean; binding is solid.).

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has some light smudging on the text block, light overall fading, slight edge wear, and minor rubbing. Otherwise, it is sharp, clean, and unmarked.

Paperback. Etat : As New. . . . . 4to, paperback. Fine condition. Covers and contents crisp, clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 255 pp., illus., some color. African, Art, Carving, History, Sculpture, 0945802013.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Covers and contents clean and bright, hinge and text block firm, a very good tidy copy.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. With an essay by Peter Mark. Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9.5" x 12.5", is bound in black cloth, with stamped silver lettering to spine. Book is like new. Dust jacket shows light shelfwear and is preserved in mylar cover. 255 pages. "The earliest objects from Black Africa to reach European collections were ivories brought from West Africa to Portugal in the last years of the 15th century. Records of import duties paid at Lisbon for the year 1504-05 show that on eighteen occasions in the course of that year alone sailors and merchants returning from the coast of West Africa paid taxes on ivory spoons and "saleiros", or saltcellars. Between 1490 and 1600 African artists working for European patrons carved exquisite ivory saltcellars, hunting horns, spoons and other commissions for the royal households of Europe. The ivories' exotic origin, together with their exquisite craftsmanship and precious material, made them worthy gifts to persons of importance. In 1500, an Afro-Portuguese ivory hunting horn bearing the arms of Castile, Aragon, and Portugal was given as a wedding gift to a daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella. This is the earliest instance of cross-cultural interaction between Europeans and West Africans and it produced a series of remarkable works of art. These works crystallize an important historical event and express the first impressions Africans had of Europeans before the large scale slave trade, the industrial revolution and colonial rule distorted relations between them. Portuguese who came to the ivory workshops in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and the Congo brought models of hunting scenes, coats of arms, decorative motifs and chalice shapes. African artists, already skilled carvers of wood, stone, and ivory, interpreted these in their own style, and added their own motifs to produce a new, highly original art in ivory. "Africa and the Renaissance" retraces the African and European sources of ivories, and interprets these works of art as documents of the first contact. The objects reveal the sophistication of Africans in the 15th and 16th centuries, and correct the misconception that Africa was devoid of history and culture, closed to the outside world until the colonial era.".…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Text and images are unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are lightly age toned. Binding is sturdy. Covers are lightly edge worn and lightly shelf scuffed. International/Priority shipping at cost. 255pp.

Paperback. Etat : VG. Very nice and clean. Text free of highlighting and writing. Tightly bound. Catalog of a loan exhibition held at the Center for African Art, New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. 256 pages. Ivories--Africa, West--History--16th century--Exhibitions, Art patronage--Portugal--Exhibitions.…

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Jacket slightly sunned. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. 255pp card covers well illustrated in colour and bw, extremities rubbed.

Paperback. Etat : New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.