Title: A History of Art in Africa
Author: Monica Blackmub Visona, Robin Poynor and Herbert M. Cole
Publisher: Abrams, 2001
543 pages with 700 illustrations, including 120 full color plates and 9 maps.
Organized in five major parts, A History of Art in Africa covers every corner of the continent, including Egypt, from prehistory to the present and includes the art of the African diaspora. All art forms – from sculpture to masquerades – are given equal consideration. The arts of daily life, of royal ceremony, and of state cosmology also receive compelling discussions.