Early Art and Architecture of Africa (Oxford History of Art)

Thisnewhistoryofover5000yearsofAfricanartrevealsitstruediversityforthefirsttime.ChallengingcenturiesofmisconceptionsthathaveobscuredthesophisticatednatureofAfricanart,PeterGarlakeusesthelatestresearchandarchaeologicalfindingstoofferexcitingnewinsights.Allthemainregionsarecovered:southernAfrica,Nubia,Aksum,theNigerRiver,WestAfrica,GreatZimbabwe,andtheEastAfricancoast.AcknowledgingtheuniversalallureoftheAfricanartobject,thisbookrestoresittoitsoriginalsocialandhistoricalcontext,helpingustounderstandmoreaboutthewaysinwhichthisartwasproduced,used,andreceived.