| TITLE | DETAILS | AUTHOR | DATE PUBLISHED | PUBLISHER | PUBLISHER LOCATION | WHERE TO BUY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Art in Motion | Thompson examines the aesthetic principles and spiritual values which inform the art of Black Africa. | Robert Farris Thompson | 1974 | University of California Press | Berkeley, CA | Amazon, University of California Press website https://www.ucpress.edu/ |
| African Art: A Century at the Brooklyn Museum | This book provides a comprehensive look at the Brooklyn Museum's impressive collection of African art. | William C. Siegmann | 2009 | Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | Amazon, Brooklyn Museum website https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/ |
| The Royal Arts of Africa: The Majesty of Form | Blier explores the historical, social, and religious significance of African art. | Suzanne Preston Blier | 1998 | Harry N. Abrams | New York, NY | Amazon, AbeBooks |
| African Art and Agency in the Workshop | The book explores the range of artists’ creative engagements with local audiences. | Sidney Littlefield Kasfir and Till Förster (Eds.) | 2013 | Indiana University Press | Bloomington, IN | Amazon, Indiana University Press website https://iupress.org/ |
| Art and Oracle: African Art and Rituals of Divination | This work focuses on the spiritual and ritualistic practices related to divination in African cultures. | Alisa LaGamma | 2000 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | Amazon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art's store |
| Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende | Strother provides a detailed ethnographic study of Pende masquerade traditions. | Z. S. Strother | 1998 | University of Chicago Press | Chicago, IL | Amazon, University of Chicago Press website https://press.uchicago.edu/index.html |
| Baule: African Art, Western Eyes | Vogel delves deep into the art of the Baule people of the Ivory Coast. | Susan Mullin Vogel | 1997 | Yale University Press | New Haven, CT | Amazon, Yale University Press website https://yalebooks.yale.edu/ |
| African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity | Kasfir examines the influence of colonialism on African art production. | Sidney Littlefield Kasfir | 2007 | Indiana University Press | Bloomington, IN | Amazon, Indiana University Press website https://iupress.org/ |
| TITLE | DETAILS | AUTHOR | DATE PUBLISHED | PUBLISHER | PUBLISHER LOCATION | WHERE TO BUY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Art in Motion | Thompson examines the aesthetic principles and spiritual values which inform the art of Black Africa. | Robert Farris Thompson | 1974 | University of California Press | Berkeley, CA | Amazon, University of California Press website https://www.ucpress.edu/ |
| African Art: A Century at the Brooklyn Museum | This book provides a comprehensive look at the Brooklyn Museum's impressive collection of African art. | William C. Siegmann | 2009 | Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | Amazon, Brooklyn Museum website https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/ |
| The Royal Arts of Africa: The Majesty of Form | Blier explores the historical, social, and religious significance of African art. | Suzanne Preston Blier | 1998 | Harry N. Abrams | New York, NY | Amazon, AbeBooks |
| African Art and Agency in the Workshop | The book explores the range of artists’ creative engagements with local audiences. | Sidney Littlefield Kasfir and Till Förster (Eds.) | 2013 | Indiana University Press | Bloomington, IN | Amazon, Indiana University Press website https://iupress.org/ |
| Art and Oracle: African Art and Rituals of Divination | This work focuses on the spiritual and ritualistic practices related to divination in African cultures. | Alisa LaGamma | 2000 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | Amazon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art's store |
| Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende | Strother provides a detailed ethnographic study of Pende masquerade traditions. | Z. S. Strother | 1998 | University of Chicago Press | Chicago, IL | Amazon, University of Chicago Press website https://press.uchicago.edu/index.html |
| Baule: African Art, Western Eyes | Vogel delves deep into the art of the Baule people of the Ivory Coast. | Susan Mullin Vogel | 1997 | Yale University Press | New Haven, CT | Amazon, Yale University Press website https://yalebooks.yale.edu/ |
| African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity | Kasfir examines the influence of colonialism on African art production. | Sidney Littlefield Kasfir | 2007 | Indiana University Press | Bloomington, IN | Amazon, Indiana University Press website https://iupress.org/ |
