 UK £10.99 US $14.99 Paperback 64 pages 66 line drawings, 22 colour illustrations, 1 map 28 x 22 cm (11.25 x 8.75 in) ISBN: 978-1-8589-4725-9 Available now | The Coloring Book of African Art Through the Ages Introduction by Yekaterina Barbash and Ernestine White-Mifetu Line drawings by Paula Kinsel This colouring book showcases a remarkable selection of ancient Egyptian art and the arts of Africa from the Brooklyn Museum. The collections cover a breathtakingly wide range thematically, geographically and chronologically. They include stone and wooden sculptures, paintings, ceramics, jewellery and textiles that together provide unparalleled insights into the daily lives, religious beliefs and systems of governance of different cultures and communities across Africa throughout the greater part of recorded history. The Coloring Book of African Art Through the Ages presents more than 60 of these works for you to complete, either by reproducing the original colours or by letting your imagination run free to create whole new palettes. Among the objects depicted are hieroglyphic inscriptions chiselled in stone, mummy-masks, coffins, amulets, drinking vessels, crowns and headdresses, portraits, statues and weights. Highlights include a mosaic of a lion, a bust of a goddess and an animal frieze. Egypt features prominently, but there is also a wealth of artefacts from regions that are now parts of Angola, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tunisia. The oldest objects in this book date from around 2000 BCE; the most recent are 20th century.
Published in association with the Vilcek Foundation, New York, and the Brooklyn Museum, New York | |
Author Profiles Yekaterina Barbash, PhD, is the Curator of Egyptian, Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Ernestine White-Mifetu is the Sills Foundation Curator of African Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Paula Kinsel is an artist, graphic designer and art director whose projects include still and motion graphics for film, television and independent art productions. | ||
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