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Author:

Art Institute of Chicago, creator.

Title:

Speaking of objects : African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago / edited by Constantine Petridis.

Publisher:

Art Institute of Chicago,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

1 volume : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 31 cm

Subject:

Art Institute of Chicago--Catalogs.
Art, African--Catalogs.
Art--Chicago--Chicago--Catalogs.
Art Institute of Chicago.
Art.
Art, African.
Illinois--Chicago.
Catalogs.

Other Authors:

Petridis, Constantijn, editor.

Contents:

Foreword / James Rondeau -- Acknowledgments / Constantine Petridis -- Note to the reader -- From the object to the field (and back again) : complementary perspectives on African art / Constantine Petridis -- Northern Africa and the Sahel. Cat. 1 Of crests, farmers, and antelopes / Pascal James Imperato ; Cats. 2-16 / Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Pascal James Imperato, and Constantine Petridis -- Coastal West Africa. Cat. 17 Of figures spirits, and shrines / Martha G. Anderson ; Cats. 18-50 / Martha G. Anderson, Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Babatunde Lawal, and Constantine Petridis -- Central Africa. Cat. 51 Of masks, men, and women / Manuel Jordan ; Cats. 52-67 / Manuel Jordan and Constantine Petridis -- Eastern and Southern Africa. Cat. 68 Of pillows, cattle, and curios / Anitra Nettleton -- Cats. 69-75 / Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Anitra Nettleton, Constantine Petridis, and Janet M. Purdy -- "One's head is one's creator" : the interconnectedness of word and image in Yoruba art / Babatunde Lawal -- Map -- Works cited -- Contributors -- Index.

ISBN:

0300254326
9780300254327

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1197772362

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)