African Arts

Introduction to African Art

Self Guided Audio-visual Tour of the Yoruba Divination Bowl in the de Young collection.

Students use headphones to listen during this art tour and write down interesting things learned from the presentation.

Slide-Show of 3 African Art Pieces.

Students can make inferences and then read in depth information about three pieces from the de Young collection.

African Art Research Project

This library research unit will provide you the opportunity to explore the diversity of traditional African arts and then to focus in depth on a specific work of art and the group of people who produced it.  The following resources will help you in your exploration and investigation:

Reference Works

African Art               R/709.6

Art History               R/709

Art Encyclopedia     R/703

OPAC (Helpful search terms:  Africa* art*; masks; name of specific ethnic group or region)

Browse:  960-969 (PMS Library owns books on over 50 ethnic groups and as well as regional surveys.)

Websites:

* ART

National Museum of African Art: Explore the Collections (includes daily objects and musical instruments)
http://africa.si.edu/collections/objects/viewcollections/*

Metropolitan Museum of Art *

MLA Citation (omit parenthese and replace with information specified):

“(name of the page you used).” The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.  Web. (date accessed as day, month, year) xx Month 201x.

The Art of the African Mask http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/African_Mask.html

**CULTURES

Art and Life in Africa Online (Scroll down and click on People Resources for information about specific ethnic groups.) http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/index.html **

MLA Citation (omit parenthese and replace with information specified):

“(name of  the page you used).” Art & Life in Africa Online. University of Iowa, 21 May 2003.  Web. (date accessed as day, month, year) xx Month 201x.

Ethnographica (has descriptions of ethnic groups)
http://www.ethnographica.com/african_art/ethnographica_african_art_gallery.htm **

MLA Citation (omit parenthese and replace with information specified):

“(name of the page you used).” Ethnographica.  Ethnographica.com, 25 July 2000.  Web. (date accessed as day, month, year) xx Month 201x.

African Art Museum (information on ethnic groups)
http://www.zyama.com/ **

MLA Citation (omit parenthese and replace with information specified):

“(name of the page you used).” African Art Museum. Zyama.com, 1999.  Web. (date accessed as day, month, year) xx Month 201x.

Africa (National Geographic and Nature Magazines in cooperation with PBS) Click on Explore the Regions, People, Traditions, Music, Customs.)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/index.html

GEOGRAPHY

CIA – The World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html – select appropriate country or countries.

OTHER

African Fractals  http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ron_eglash_on_african_fractals.html

Subscription Databases: 

Click in yellow box on the left or use the drop down menu to access the following PMS Library databases:

ed1stop (World Book &Grolier’s): helpful geography and ethnic group information as well as art

SIRS Discoverer:  Search African Art and African Masks.

EBSCOHost:  Includes the magazine African Arts and information on museum exhibits.

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