Research Guides
African Art: Sculpture
UW Art Library guide on finding books, journals, and databases on African Art.
Resources on African Sculpture
To search for more books and articles about sculpture in specific African countries, you can do a keyword search experimenting with multiple combinations of "sculpture AND [insert the African country, region, tribe, or culture you're researching]."
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El Anatsui: the Reinvention of Sculpture
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Call Number: NB1099.G53 A533 2022Publication Date: 2022 -
El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa
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Call Number: NB1099.G53 A52 2010Publication Date: 2010 -
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Bamigboye: a Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition
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Call Number: NB1099.N53 B362 2022Publication Date: 2022 -
Maternity: mothers and children in the arts of Africa
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Call Number: N7630 .C65 2017ISBN: 9780300229158Publication Date: 2017 -
The Making of Bamana Sculpture: Creativity & Gender
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Call Number: NB1255.M42 B74 1994Publication Date: 1995
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Databases
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Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new windowComprehensive resource covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, folk art, film, architecture, and architectural design.
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Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowOn the top of the page, click on "Region." Select Africa. Then do a keyword search for "sculpture." There are many encyclopedia entries for the various tribes and cultures of Africa through out history.
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African Masters: art from the Ivory Coast
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Call Number: NB1255.C85 F5713 2014Publication Date: 2015 -
The "Black Art" Renaissance: African Sculpture and Modernism Across Continents
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Call Number: N6494.M64 C64 2020Publication Date: 2020 -
Embodiments: masterworks of African figurative sculpture
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Call Number: NB1091.65 .E43 2015Publication Date: 2015
