Stories in Stone : Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa

Aicha Ben Abed
Hardcover - $153.95

Between the second and the sixth centuries of the common era, elaborate mosaics were designed and created to pave the floors of town homes and rural estates of the Roman settlements in North Africa. These stunning mosaics were especially widespread i ...

Tunisian Mosaics : Treasures from Roman Africa

Aicha Ben Abed
Paperback - $44.95

As the Roman Empire expanded its African settlements in the early centuries of the common era, thousands of mosaic floor pavements were fashioned to adorn the townhouses and rural estates of the African upper classes. Between the second and sixth cen ...

The Tribal Arts of Africa

Jean-Baptiste Bacquart
Paperback - $47.95

The marvelous achievements of black African artists are superbly portrayed in this book. Each section contains a bibliography and color photos of the major object types. Also includes a reference section, information on key collectors, collections op ...

Arts of Africa : 7000 Years of African Art

Ezio Bassani
Hardcover - $95.95

The Traditional Art volume presents a panorama of 6,000 years in the history of African art by highlighting archetypal and iconic works from various regions and important historic periods-400 objects beautifully reproduced in full color. This immense ...

Power of Form : African Art from the Horstmann Collection

Ezio Bassani
Hardcover - $115.95

Many elements converge in the construction of a high-quality art collection, making it a fascinating, intellectual and emotional adventure, a journey of discovery and a labour of love. Formed over the course of thirty years by Udo Horstmann and his w ...

Art, Innovation, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Benin

Paula Girshick Ben-Amos
Hardcover - $82.95

In the mid-17th century, a crisis in royal succession threatened the stability of the ruling dynasty in Benin. Not until the 18th century were Benin's reigning monarchs secure from the challenges of powerful local chiefs. Surprisingly, this century o ...

For Hearth and Altar : African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection

Kathleen Bickford Berzock
Hardcover - $102.95

An extraordinary collection of beautiful ceramic objects that reflect the intimate connection between pottery and village life across the African continent

African Vodun : Art, Psychology, and Power

Suzanne Preston Blier
Paperback - $92.95

In this first major study of its kind, Blier pushes African art history to a new height of cultural awareness. This book will be of crucial interest to anyone fascinated by African, African American, and Caribbean art; the African diaspora; and the t ...

Art of the Senses : African Masterpieces from the William and Bertha Teel Collection

Suzanne Preston Blier
Hardcover - $77.95

How the unique look of African art captured the imagination of artists such as Picasso and Stieglitz is well known. But how do art aficionados today see African objects? And how does our view compare to the way in which these objects were seen in Afr ...

Arts of the City Victorious : Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt

Jonathan M. Bloom
Hardcover - $126.95