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The Birth of Art in Africa

von Bernard de Grunne

Art History Anthropology

ISBN

2876602423

Verlag

Vilo Publishing

Erschienen

01.01.1970

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African Art Sculpture Nok Culture Sokoto Culture Katsina Culture Nigerian Art Terra-cotta Ancient Art Sub-Saharan Africa Archaeology Art History Cultural Heritage Traditional Art Historical Artifacts Art Techniques Dating Methods Carbon Dating Thermoluminescence Cross-Dating Academic Study Anthropology Decorative Arts Artifacts Kings Priests Soothsayers Headdresses Jewelry Bernard de Grunne Bernard Fagg Art Synthesis Art Classification Art Photography Art Documentation Art Analysis Art Criticism Art Research Art Preservation Art Exhibition Art Collection.

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This unique book presents sculptures from the Nok, Sokoto and Katsina cultures of Nigeria in fascinating detail. The terra-cotta statues, which date from 600BC to 300AD, are the oldest traces of the remarkable tradition of sculpture in sub-Saharan Africa. Varying in size from four-inch miniature amulets to monumental seated and kneeling sculptures, often of kings, priests or soothsayers, the statues also display the very rich variety of headdresses, beads, necklaces and bracelets that existed within these cultures. This book brings is a synthesis of the discoveries made since the groundbreaking 1977 study by Bernard Fagg. An essay on dating methods -- carbon dating and thermoluminescence -- provides the most recent results, as well as detailing new cross-dating techniques. A classification of poses common to the sculptures, and parallel photographic evidence of the continuing decorative tradition, enhance the academic value of this definitive work.