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Constantine Petridis (Editor)

Speaking of Objects: African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago

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Constantine Petridis (Editor)

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22872

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For organizational purposes, the continent of Africa has been divided into four geographic regions (see map); their boundaries do not correspond with national borders or other official demarcations.

For objects that cannot be assigned specific dates due to a lack of empirical or documentary evidence, date ranges have been provided on the basis of collection information and scholarly assumptions. The qualifier “probably” indicates greater confidence than “possibly.”

Measurements are given in centimeters (cm), followed by inches (in.); height precedes width precedes depth. For variable, nonlinear, or ambiguously oriented structures, the measurement is clarified with the following abbreviations:

Diam. = diameter
H. = height
L. = length

A brief provenance history accompanies each object; complete information is available at artic.edu/collection.

Diacritics have been used in transliterations of Yòrùbá and other languages at the discretion of the author of each essay or catalogue entry.

All translations are by the authors unless otherwise noted.

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BOOKSpeaking of Objects: African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago

Constantine Petridis (Editor)

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00321

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22868

Featuring a selection of more than 75 works of traditional African art in the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection, this volume includes objects in a wide variety of media from regions across the continent. Essays and catalogue entries by leading art historians and anthropologists attend closely to the meanings and materials of the works themselves in addition to fleshing out original contexts. These experts also underscore the ways in which provenance and collection history are important to understanding how we view such objects today.

Celebrating the Art Institute’s collection of traditional African art as one of the oldest and most diverse in the United States, this is a fresh and engaging look at current research into the arts of Africa as well as the potential of future scholarship.

*This eBook is available exclusively on the A&AePortal.*

Author

Constantine Petridis (Editor)

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Print publication date November 2020 (in print)

Print ISBN 9780300254327

EISBN 9780300270655

Illustrations 156

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