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Primitive Arts and Crafts: An Introduction to the Study of Material Culture

Book by R. U. Sayce; Biblo and Tannen, 1965

Subjects:

Archaeology, Art, Primitive, Civilization, Ancient, Industries, Primitive

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Japanese swords is of the finest quality, but it was produced by methods that might well be called primitive. Even the native smiths in West Africa could produce good metal for their spearheads, knives, etc. Then, too, there are some fabrics...
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Aspects of Primitive Art

Book by Robert Redfield, Melville J. Herskovits, Gordon F. Ekholm; Museum of Primitive Art, 1959

Subjects:

Art, Primitive

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...other examples of ancient art that have by...to show that the primitive world of ancient...Museum of Primitive Art and the lack of archaeological...of most primitive art. It would appear...primitive, objects of art of more durable materials...more specialized arts and crafts. Stone...be seen in Negro Africa. The art of the...
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Primitive Art

Book by Erwin O. Christensen; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1955

Subjects:

Art, Primitive

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...1953. --; "Primitive Negro Art". Art and Archaeology...Exhibition, The Arts in Belgian Congo...African Negro Art . New York Museum...Bali, Cameroons, Africa". Man , XXXVIII...Wannijn Rob. L.; "Ancient Religious Insigniae...
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Primitive Art

Book by L. Adam; A. Lane, Penguin books, 1940

Subjects:

Art, Primitive

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...Gandhara, and the figures of divinities in ancient Mexico were all painted. In Africa the colouring ranges from the simple black...they could co-operate. In many parts of Africa, indigenous art is on the decline, but on the Ivory Coast...
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Primitive Art

Book by Douglas Fraser; Doubleday, 1962

Subjects:

Art, Primitive

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...any other part of Negro Africa, nor can they be explained...anyone familiar with the art of the Ancient Near East will recognize...Eastern influence in Benin art is a bronze mace head in...is often seen in Hittite art. Associated with such...

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Couples or Doubles? Representations of Twins in the Arts of Africa

Journal article by Philip M. Peek; African Arts, Vol. 41, 2008

Subjects:

African art--Religious aspects, African art--Social aspects, Art, African--Religious aspects, Art, African--Social aspects, Twins--Portrayals, Twins--Religious aspects, Twins--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Insight. Amherst MA: Mead Art Museum. Renne, Elisha...Duality in Tabwa Art." African Arts 19 (4):26-35...1996. Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History...Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas...New York: Museum of Primitive Art. --. 1997. Baule...
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Defining African Art: Primitive Negro Sculpture and the Aesthetic Philosophy of Albert Barnes

Journal article by Christa Clarke; African Arts, Vol. 36, 2003

Subjects:

African sculpture--Research, Sculpture, African--Research

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Enquete sur des arts lointains. Seront...1924. "African Art at the Barnes...Munro. 1926. Primitive Negro Sculpture...History in Africa 11:163-93...Reason: Reason in Art. Reprint, 1937...1990. Gone Primitive: Savage Intellects...Hands," in Arts of Africa, Oceania and...African Negro Art: Its Influence...
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Imaginary Africa and London's Urban Wasteland in Edith Sitwell's "Gold Coast Customs"

Journal article by Gyllian Phillips; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 56, 2010

Subjects:

Africa--Portrayals, Gold Coast Customs (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, London, England--Portrayals, Modernism--Portrayals, Poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Sitwell, Edith--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...regeneration, we have the wholly diabolic primitive rites of Africa. The move from the ancient Holy Land and modern-day Europe to Africa signals the complete end of European...becomes nonsense. The fantasy of Africa is a metaphor for European degeneration...
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Educating the "Native": A Study of the Education Adaptation Strategy in British Colonial Africa, 1910-1936

Journal article by Michael Omolewa; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 91, 2006

Subjects:

Colonial Africa, 1870-1960, Education, Secondary--History, Education, Secondary--Methods, Educational tests and measurements--History, Educational tests and measurements--Methods, Educational tests--History, Educational tests--Methods, Examinations--History, Examinations--Methods, Secondary education--History, Secondary education--Methods

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...enclosed by the coast of Africa, with its widely...on the Syndicates Art Examinations, see K. C. Murray, "Arts and Crafts in West Africa," Overseas Education...pagan" practices in Africa had their origins in ancient beliefs of the Greeks...
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"Forms of Combat": Hemingway, the Critics, and 'Green Hills of Africa.'

Journal article by Robert W. Trogdon; The Hemingway Review, Vol. 15, 1996

Subjects:

Green Hills of Africa (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hemingway, Ernest--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Hemingways attention to primitive rudimentary beings...Green Hills of Africa about the critics...at her with the ancient four-letter...bottle is shaped art, sometimes economics...practised the arts, and these now...Green Hills of Africa. Ms. Alderman...Men Without Art. 1934. New York...Green Hills of Africa. The Hemingway...

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The Africa Project: a Collaboration between a Creative Movement Consultant, an Anthropologist, and an Art Educator

Magazine article by Kate Kuper, Sandra Bales, Jonathan Zilberg; Art Education, Vol. 53, March 2000

Subjects:

Africa, Anthropology, Art education, Art galleries & museums, Krannert Art Museum-Illinois, Teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...and went to the Krannert Art Museum where they heard about African art from Carol Spindel, author...separate lectures on African art and the spirit world appropriate...to use terms such as "primitive," "fetish," and...video Art and Death in Africa: Yaaba Soore (1986...
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Nigeria: Primitive Peoples Do Not Produce Artwork of Anything like This Quality; Africa Was a Land of Glorious Civilizations That Existed All over the Continent. in 1928 One Such Civilization Was Accidentally Uncovered in the Forests of Nigeria. Robin Walker Reports

Magazine article by Robin Walker; New African, October 2006

Subjects:

Civilization--Social aspects, Culture--Social aspects, Nigeria--History, Nigeria--Political aspects, Nigeria--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

Nigeria: Primitive Peoples Do Not Produce...like This Quality; Africa Was a Land of Glorious...the region. The ancient culture was now called...400 pieces of Nok art have been recovered...civilisations from West Africa need to be revised...prehistoric site in Africa.
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Fire on the Land: There's Nothing Primitive about Farmers Using Fire to Sustain Biodiversity

Magazine article by Russel Lawrence Barsh; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 23, Fall 1997

Subjects:

Biological diversity--Environmental aspects, Fire ecology--Evaluation, Primitive societies--Environmental policy

Collections: Entire Library

...were long managed by "primitive" firefarmers.(35...it remains as much "art" as science.(36...emissions. Fire is a very ancient tool, often regarded as "primitive." Yet there is nothing primitive or simple about controlling...
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Dazzling Treasures of Africa

Magazine article by Osei Boateng; New African, May 2010

Subjects:

African antiquities--Collections and collecting, African antiquities--Design and construction, Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, Texas)--Collections and collecting

Collections: Entire Library

...World Art from Ancient to Modern Times...we think of as primitive or aboriginal...lifes sake or art as a matter of...in contrast to art for arts sake--an inherited...Western notion that art is self-sufficient...including that of Ancient Egypt, dates...sub-Saharan Africa, the area from...
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Returning to the Ancient African Nation State: Nah Dove Offers a Way of Understanding Some of the Contradictions Facing Present-Day Africans and Their Leaders Who Are Trying to Democratise Their Nation States in the Face of Continuing Threats to Stability. Her Conceptual Framework Is Quite Relevant and Her Recommendations Workable

Magazine article by Nah Dove; New African, October 2009

Subjects:

Primitive societies--Management, Social change--Management, Social stability--Management, Traditional societies--Management

Collections: Entire Library

Returning to the Ancient African Nation State: Nah Dove Offers a Way of Understanding...colonial boundaries where different nations live. Ancient Egypt is referred to as Kemet, the name the ancient Africans gave to their nation state. Ntr (singular...

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A PORTRAIT OF DEBAUCHERY; Philanderer, Drunk and Sexual Bully. Yet a Major New Exhibition Shows That Modigliani Created Some of Art's Most Sublime Images

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 23, 2006

Subjects:

Art exhibitions--Exhibitions, Art--Exhibitions, Modigliani, Amedeo--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Created Some of Arts Most Sublime Images...influenced by primitive arts and the friends...According to an ancient law, creditors...Capri to study art and, aged 16...grew up in South Africa, rode horses...and astonishing art. The poignant...Royal Academy of Arts, London, from...
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THE HEADS OF AFRICA; Figures Brought from the Lost Kingdom of Ife Are Reminiscent of Renaissance Portraiture -- If Only We Knew More of Their Origins; EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 11, 2010

Subjects:

British Museum

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

THE HEADS OF AFRICA; Figures Brought...SCULPTURES FROM WEST AFRICA British Museum...that survives of "art", but were the...figures, crude and primitive, with which Antony...the sculptors of ancient Ife -- or it may...Sculptures from West Africa is at the British...
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TEN OF THE GREATEST; Painters Who Changed the World of Art; LIVE FOR LISTS

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 21, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Changed the World of Art; LIVE FOR LISTS...echoes in academic art until almost the...wise men of the ancient world. That Plato...the history of art and of patronage...embracing the primitive sculpture of sub-Saharan Africa, developed Cubism...
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THE DAY I NEARLY BLEW UP DAVID ATTENBOROUGH; ... and How a Randy Panda Got Me Branded a Spy. Naked Ape Author DESMOND MORRIS Looks Back on a Globe-Trotting Life of (Mis)adventure

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 20, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...first ever piece of art I WAS in South Africa when I was asked...about the origin of art and was allowed...staggering, for this ancient artefact is three...Lascaux are modern art. Holding it was...village doctors primitive surgery and my wifes...
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THE DAY I NEARLY BLEW UP DAVID ATTENBOROUGH; ... and How a Randy Panda Got Me Branded a Spy. Naked Ape Author DESMOND MORRIS Looks Back on a Globe-Trotting Life of (Mis)adventure

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 25, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...first ever piece of art I WAS in South Africa when I was asked...about the origin of art and was allowed...staggering, for this ancient artefact is three...Lascaux are modern art. Holding it was...village doctors primitive surgery and my wifes...

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Jewelry

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...have been used by primitive peoples and in modern...and glass. The Ancient World The wearing of jewelry has very ancient roots. The oldest...Found in a cave in S Africa in 2004, they consist...ancient world, the art of jewelry making...transformation in the art of the jeweler...
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Bark Cloth

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

BARK CLOTH primitive fabric made in tropical and subtropical...has been made and used in parts of Africa and India, the Malay Peninsula, Samoa...layers it makes an excellent bed. So ancient is the art of making the cloth that it is deeply...
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Mask

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...They are used by primitive peoples chiefly...of W and central Africa; the wooden masks...many masks used in ancient Greek drama represented...person) is an ancient practice. Roman...events. See African art ; North American Native art ; masque . See...

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