Millions of items are held in museum collections around the world but many museums have very few visitors to their stored collections. These stored objects are certainly not neglected by their professional custodians, and they are loved with a great intensity by some curators an…
A renowned collector presents his treasure trove of works of art from Burkina Faso, home to some of Africa's most artistically prolific ethnic people.
A renowned collector presents his treasure trove of works of art from Burkina Faso, home to some of Africa's most artistically prolific ethnic people.
For more than 500 years, the artists of the West African kingdom of Benin created objects in brass, ivory, terracotta, and wood for use in divine kingship rituals, to adorn the royal palaces, and to identify the king, chiefs, warriors, and other officials at court. This volume p…
Global photography: a critical history
by Duganne, Erina, Diack, Heather, Weissman, Terri
This innovative text recounts the history of photography through a series of thematically structured chapters. Designed and written for students studying photography and its history, each chapter approaches its subject by introducing a range of international, contemporary photog…