A Companion to Modern African Art
            
                Blackwell Companions to Art History
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 626
ISBN-13: 9781444338379
Description: Offering a wealth of perspectives on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this new Companion features essays by African, European, and North American authors who assess the work of individual artists as well as exploring broader themes such as discoveries of new technologies and globalization. A pioneering continent-based assessment of modern art and modernity across AfricaIncludes original and previously unpublished fieldwork-based materialFeatures new and complex theoretical arguments about the nature of modernity.