Africa : the art of a continent : 100 works of power and beauty /
[curated by Tom Phillips].
- viii, 191 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 32 cm
"This exhibition was organized by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in association with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. 1995-21 January, 1996"--T.p. verso. Accompanies the exhibition on display, Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 7-September 29, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (page 187).
Introduction -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Why Africa? Why Art? -- Putting Northern Africa Back into Africa -- Historical Contacts and Cultural Interaction Sub-Saharan Africa, Northern Africa, the Muslim World, and Southern Europe, Tenth-Nineteenth Century A.D. -- Europe, African Art, and the Uncanny -- Enduring Myths of African Art -- Ancient Egypt and Nubia -- Eastern Africa -- Southern Africa -- Central Africa -- Western Africa and the Guinea Coast -- Sahel and Savanna -- Northern Africa -- Selected bibliography.