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African art, with its striking and imaginative themes, has had a tremendous influence on contemporary art and design. The motifs in this rich collection of traditional African designs reflect the vigor and spirit of this dynamic and expressive art form.
Stylized lions, birds, fish, alligators, and other animals; totemic figures; and abstracts, geometrics, zigzags, and border configurations are just a few of the subjects carefully adapted by artist Gregory Mirow from shields, masks, jewelry, textiles, wall paintings, carved panels, fans, rock paintings, leather work, gourds, and other sources. Over 200 designs, boldly rendered in black and white, include authentic motifs and art from many different African countries, among them Dahomey, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, and others.
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- Title Traditional African Designs
- Author Gregory Mirow
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 48
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1997-05
- ISBN 9780486296227 / 0486296229
- Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 10.97 x 8.32 x 0.15 in (27.86 x 21.13 x 0.38 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Art, Black - Africa, Sub-Saharan, Decoration and ornament - Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96029852
- Dewey Decimal Code 745.449
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