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The history of African art / Suzanne Preston Blier.

by Blier, Suzanne Preston.

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Thames and Hudson, 2023.

Art, African -- History.

Art essentials.

9780500296257 (pbk.)

176 p. : col. ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Art historian Suzanne Blier surveys over 150,000 years of African art, set against the changing history of the continent, customs and religions, postcolonial debates and the challenges of the present. Core themes in African visual and cultural expression are examined in detail, including trade, empire expansion, gender, the body and representations of power, across meaningful chapters spanning ancient art, the Middle Ages, Early Modern, the colonial era and contemporary art. Written from an inclusive, modern perspective, focusing not only on royal traditions but also on the broader global history of the continent and its artistic practices, The History of African Art explains the complexity and multiplicity of an underexplored but essential subject of art history, and offers an indispensable introduction to the arts of Africa"--From publisher.

Suzanne Preston Blier is an art historian, currently professor of fine arts and professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, and a leading expert on African art, architecture, and culture. Her many books include A History of Art in Africa (coauthor), Royal Arts of Africa, Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba, and The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art, with David Bindman and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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