Book Description
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 artistic and historic fresco highlights the beauty
and force of these works from regions now comprising Nigeria, Benin, the
Congo, Gabon, Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Mali, and Sudan. The book also
examines the influence of African art on 20th-century Western masters such
as Picasso, Modigliani, and Brancusi.
About the Author
Ezio Bassani is an art historian and has written extensively on African art.
Among his many publications is Power of Form (Skira, 2002).
A fine Eastern Pende Panya-Gombe African mask. Coll.: David Norden
