The History Of African Art by Suzanne Preston Blier
A sweeping, chronological and thematic survey of African visual culture from ancient times to the present, this work situates objects within their social, religious, political and economic contexts while tracing regional diversity and stylistic continuities. It examines a wide range of media—sculpture, textiles, metalwork, architecture and performance—and explains how trade, colonialism and globalization reshaped production, patronage and meaning. Throughout, it emphasizes indigenous purposes and aesthetics, debates over authenticity and display, and the central role African artistic traditions have played in broader art-historical narratives.
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