Resultados de búsqueda: African / Traditional Arts from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1999. Cloth, 2 volumes, colour illustrations, colour maps; 37 cm. Both volumes in fine condition. The accompanying slipcase is bumped on one corner. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. A stunning, monumental publication. "Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher are acclaimed for their photographs of vanishing African tribal customs. This text brings together a decade of travel and research, in a two-volume exploration of African rites and rituals, including baby namings, initiations and weddings." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Folio.

London and New York: Thames and Hudson; World of Art Series, 1993. 288 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 21 cm. Reprint, 1997. Tight, clean text. Previous owner's signature/title page, otherwise unmarked. Another copy available. Profusely illustrated. "Frank Willett's classic study reveals the astonishing variety and expressive power of the art of a continent that contains more distinct peoples and cultures than any other." - Publisher.. 2nd. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Gainesville, FL: Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, 1997. 34 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, October 12, 1997 to February 15, 1998. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's signature & blind stamp/title page, otherwise unmarked. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Munich: Prestel, 2012. 287 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour map; 25 cm. Translated from the German by John W. Gabriel. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "African Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance" - Publisher. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements, by Jean Paul Barbier; Preface, by Christoph Vitali; Map of ethnic groups; "I am not myself", by Maria Kecske´si and Lazlo [sic] Vajda; Plates, with notes by Iris Hahner; Catalogue: masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection; Bibliography; Index of ethnic groups. . Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Pace Primitive and Ancient Art, 1976. 103 pages, illustrations (some colour), map; 26 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held April 24 to May 29, 1976, Pace Primitive and Ancient Art. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Includes a substantial essay by Leon Siroto.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

London and New York: Thames & Hudson; World of Art Ser., 1993. 288 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 21 cm. Reprint, 1994. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Dogeared a few times. Another copy available. Profusely illustrated. "Frank Willett's classic study reveals the astonishing variety and expressive power of the art of a continent that contains more distinct peoples and cultures than any other." - Publisher.. 2nd. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1974. 95 pages, [3] leaves of plates, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Exhibited at the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, October 12, 1974 to January 12, 1975. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1968. Cloth, 263 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour maps; 23 cm. Panorama of World Art Series. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Label residue/front free endpaper, age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: Form and content of African art, by M. Trowell (p. 6-201); The art of Oceania, by H. Nevermann, translated from the German by Robert E. Wolf (p. 204-258); Bibliography (p. 259-260).. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

New York: Random House, 1983. xv, 363 pages, map; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket with age-toned flaps. "During the four years he spent in black Africa as the bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, David Lamb traveled through almost every country south of the Sahara, logging more than 300,000 miles. He talked to presidents and guerrilla leaders, university professors and witch doctors. He bounced from wars to coups oceans apart, catching midnight flights to little-known countries where supposedly decent people were doing unspeakable things to one another. In the tradition of John Gunther's Inside Africa, The Africans is an extraordinary combination of analysis and adventure. Part travelogue, part contemporary history, it is a portrait of a continent that sometimes seems hell-bent on destroying itself, and of people who are as courageous as they are long-suffering." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York and Munich: Museum for African Art; Prestel, 1995. Cloth, 192 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 31 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized and presented by the Museum for African Art. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Animal images are so common in African art, and their meanings and purposes assumed to be so obvious, that they are taken for granted. Indeed, Animals in African Art is the first major book wholly dedicated to the subject. Once the animals in African art are looked at more closely, important questions arise. Why is it that from the astounding diversity of life-forms in Africa, so very few animals are chosen as subjects of visual and performative arts? Why are the animals that do appear repeatedly in African art so often so downright peculiar - even preposterous? And why do… Leer más

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1973. [48] pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Edition of 1000 copies. Catalogue of the exhibition held October 4 to December 2, 1973 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps lightly soiled. Age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Paris: Terrail, 1995. 207 pages, illustrations; 30 cm. English adaptation Jean-Marie Clarke. Firm binding, clean text. Lower right corner stained (plates and text not impacted). OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Paperback. Fair. 4to.

Beverly Hills, CA: Hillcrest Press, 1989. 184 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. Cloth, 131 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps, 191 plates; 26 cm. First published under title: Afrika muveszete. Translated from the Hungarian. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap, with light edgewear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc.; A Spectrum Book, 1989. xvi, 223 pages, illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Art and anthropology. Information gained from fieldwork studies of hunter-gatherer, horticultural, and pastoral peoples in the Americas, Africa and the Asian-Pacific region. CONTENTS: Meanings of "small-scale" and of "art"; Functions of art in small-scale societies; Iconography and symbolism; Artist's life and work; Comparative psychology of art; Art in transition; Art: cross-cultural perspectives.. 2nd. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bulfinch Press, 1981. 56 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Reprinted from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. 39, no. 2 (Fall 1981). Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, age toning. CONTENTS: Director's note, by Philippe de Montebello; The art of Africa, the Pacific islands, and the Americas: a new perspective; Faces; Figures; Animals; Abstractions.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1990. 87 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm, Issued in connection with the exhibition "Art of Central Africa: Masterpieces from the Berlin Museum fur Volkerkunde" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from June 6 through November 4, 1990. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

Cleveland and Milan: Cleveland Museum of Art; 5 Continents, 2011. 111 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), map; 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, April 17, 2011 to February 26, 2012. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Personal and household arts in southeast Africa; Migratory aesthetics: the art of the cattle cultures of southern Africa, by Karel Nel; Map; Catalogue.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Milan: 5 Continents, 2002. Cloth, 223 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour map; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "The art of southern and eastern Africa, unlike the better-known traditions of central and western Africa, is often overlooked. The objects illustrated and catalogued in the book include rare figural sculptures, jewellery, regalia, and prestige staffs carved with ornamental heads and decorations." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Washington D.C.: National Museum of African Art; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987. 48 pages, illustrations, maps; 28 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.. 1st. Paperback. NEW. 4to. Collectible.