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African Art: An Introduction/ by Dennis Duerden.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Hamlyn, 1974.Description: 96 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0600348539 :
  • 9780600348535
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.67 DUE 23 7056
LOC classification:
  • N7380 .D8
Summary: :"The principle theme ... is the part played by the African mask in the history of twentieth century Western art and the significance of its 'discovery' in the years preceding the first world war. ... It is concerned with the way in which the form of the mask, the visual principles employed by the African mask, were used by twentieth century Western painters and sculptors from Picasso to Vasarely and Caro"--Page 1
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Book Marium Abdulla Library Non-Ref Fine Arts 709.67 DUE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 7056

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 91.

:"The principle theme ... is the part played by the African mask in the history of twentieth century Western art and the significance of its 'discovery' in the years preceding the first world war. ... It is concerned with the way in which the form of the mask, the visual principles employed by the African mask, were used by twentieth century Western painters and sculptors from Picasso to Vasarely and Caro"--Page 1

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