Автор: Hodgin, John E. Название: German paratroops in north africa ISBN: 0764329391 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780764329395 Издательство: Schiffer Рейтинг: Цена: 17422.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This large-format book is an in-depth photographic study of Luftwaffe tropical uniforms, headgear, and insignia worn by the Fallschirmj?ger during the battles for Africa in World War II. Both full-color and war-era photographs illustrate rare uniforms and equipment including tropical jump smocks, Ramcke Brigade jump helmets, and officers "Meyer" caps. This book also provides the first accurate description of the design and development of WWII German jump smocks, each illustrated in large, full-color photographs.
Автор: Clarke Название: Art of Africa ISBN: 0300123124 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300123128 Издательство: Wiley yUP Рейтинг: Цена: 9900.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: By focusing on forty works from the Metropolitan's collection, this educator's resource kit presents the rich and diverse artistic heritage of sub-Saharan Africa.
Included are a brief introduction and history of the continent, an explanation of the role of visual expression in Africa, descriptions of the form and function of the works, lesson plans,
class activities, map, bibliography, and glossary.
Название: Kuba: Visions of Africa Series ISBN: 8874394047 ISBN-13(EAN): 9788874394043 Издательство: ACC-distribution titles Рейтинг: Цена: 4612.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Offers an overview of the Kuba people and their art. This book explores the intriguing sculpture and decorative art of the Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It examines the tribe`s artistic development from the 17th century through the turbulent colonial and post-colonial periods.
Автор: Benitez & Barbier Название: Shields: Africa, Southeast Asia, and Oceania ISBN: 3791323415 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783791323411 Издательство: Prestel Publishing Limited Цена: 7128.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Since ancient times the shield has had a variety of uses whether as a defensive or more rarely offensive weapon or as a decorative or ritual object invested with symbolic meaning. Drawing on the collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva this book examines the literary and mythological aspects of shields from Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania, placing them in historical context and interpreting them as beautiful objects with a language of their own.
Автор: Stepan P Название: Africa: World Art ISBN: 3791325809 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783791325804 Издательство: Prestel Publishing Limited Цена: 3642.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The first volume in Prestel’s exciting new World Art series presents outstanding masterpieces of African art. The selection of works represents the aesthetic achievements of numerous cultures throughout the continent of Africa. Each piece is presented on a double- page spread with high- quality reproductions and illuminating commentary. The art of Africa displays an astonishing variety of styles, techniques, and materials. Whether fashioned in gold, bronze, terracotta, or iron, carved in wood or woven in silk, the masterpieces presented in this volume are a testiment to consummate technical mastery. The volume reflects the enormous diversity of African art from culture to culture. Included here are works by the Fang, Congo, and Cuba peoples of Central Africa, Ethiopian shields, burial posts of Eastern Africa, bead works of Southern Africa, items of equipment carried by Nomadic peoples such as the Massai, rock paintings of the San, objects created by the peoples at the southern edge of the Sahara, such as the Tellem and Dogon, as well as works produced by the Northern cultures of the Tuareg and the Berbers. Egyption art will be treated in a separate volume of the series. The volume ’s historical coverage is equally extensive. Nigerian art, for example, is shown from its earliest highpoints with the Nok culture (6th century BCE) through Iife and the art of the Kingdom of Benin right up to the present day Yoruba.
Описание: Covering images of African masks alongside contemporary African art, this book offers look at the role of the mask in African culture. Based on an exhibition of 180 masks - more than 100 from the collection at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium - it offers a fresh interpretation of the mask as the universal object.
Автор: Pascal Maitre Название: Mon Afrique: Portraits of Sub-Saharan Africa ISBN: 0893819166 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780893819163 Издательство: Thames & Hudson Цена: 4868.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Vivid colour photographs depicting the diverse cultures of sub-Saharan Africa In a convergence of brilliant colour and compelling visual narrative, this deeply insightful collection of photographs by Pascal Maitre reveals an Africa unfamiliar to most Westerners, full of startling beauty and fierce contradictions: a young Tutsi girl nurtures a Hutu baby in the dwindling red light of late afternoon; a metal rosary dangles from the chest of a warrior in a Bassorian initiation ceremony; Tuareq soldiers simultaneously juggle goats and machine guns in the hot sand of the Niger desert. Rich in detail and elegant composition, Pascal Maitre's photographs immerse us in a world beyond the familiar media depictions.
Автор: Sibylle Jargsdorf Название: Ethnic Jewelry from Africa,Europe and Asia ISBN: 076431145X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780764311451 Издательство: Schiffer Рейтинг: Цена: 5080.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This new study presents striking parallels in both ethnic (non-European) and folk (European) traditional costumes and ornaments made with silver and glass. African ornaments include Zulu beads, Maghreb necklaces, the Obas crown, and Massai headpieces. European ornaments extend from the Baltic to the Alps and from Russia, Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. Asian jewelry comes from the Fertile Crescent, the Silk Route, and the foothills of the Himalaya. Each example exquisitely displays a common sense of beauty among many distant peoples.
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