Alisa LaGamma
Auteur de Art and Oracle: African Art and Rituals of Divination
A propos de l'auteur
Alisa LaGamma is Associate Curator, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Crédit image: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Œuvres de Alisa LaGamma
The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End (Metropolitan Museum of Art) (1656) 27 exemplaires
Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications) (1750) 25 exemplaires
Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures (Metropolitan Museum of Art) (2011) 25 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- LaGamma, Alisa
- Sexe
- female
- Pays (pour la carte)
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Études
- Columbia University (PhD 1995)
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Critiques
Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara par Alisa LaGamma
Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara is a lavishly illustrated volume produced to accompany an exhibition of the same name at the Met Museum in New York. It explores the visual artistic legacies of the west African empires of Ghana, Mali, Songhay, and Segu, which flourished between roughly the fourth and the nineteenth centuries. The various essays demonstrate how, contrary to many popular assumptions, this region has a long and rich artistic and architectural history, one is diverse, dynamic, and reflects ongoing connections with other parts of the world. Really recommended as an introductory overview of a fascinating topic.… (plus d'informations)
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press; New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Membres
- 195
- Popularité
- #112,377
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 20
- Langues
- 1