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The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art

By David Bindman (Editor), Suzanne Preston Blier (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor), Kristina Van Dyke (Contribution by), Christraud M. Geary (Contribution by), Sheila Crane (Contribution by), Robert Hillenbrand (Contribution by), John McLeod (Contribution by), Kenneth X. Robbins (Contribution by), Don J. Wyatt (Contribution by), Timon Screech (Contribution by), Alicia Volk (Contribution by), John Picton (Contribution by)
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By David Bindman (Editor), Suzanne Preston Blier (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor), Kristina Van Dyke (Contribution by), Christraud M. Geary (Contribution by), Sheila Crane (Contribution by), Robert Hillenbrand (Contribution by), John McLeod (Contribution by), Kenneth X. Robbins (Contribution by), Don J. Wyatt (Contribution by), Timon Screech (Contribution by), Alicia Volk (Contribution by), John Picton (Contribution by)
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The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art asks how the black figure was depicted by artists from the non-Western world. Beginning with ancient Egypt—positioned properly as part of African history—this volume focuses on the figure of the black as rendered by artists from Africa, East Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. The aesthetic traditions illustrated here are as diverse as the political and social histories of these regions. From Igbo Mbari sculptures to modern photography from Mal...

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