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  1. Title Page

  2. Introduction

  3. Acknowledgments

  4. Dedication

  5. Chapter 1: Orientation to Africa and its Art

    1. Chapter 1.1: General Introduction

    2. Chapter 1.2: Gender, Materials, Techniques in Traditional Art

    3. Chapter 1.3: Training and Patronage in Traditional Art

    4. Chapter 1.4: Contemporary African Art: Materials, Gender and Training

    5. Chapter 1.5: Patronage in Contemporary African Art

  6. Chapter 2: Analyzing and Discussing African Art

    1. Chapter 2.1 Elements of Design

    2. Chapter 2.2 Principles and Considerations of Design

    3. Chapter 2.3 "Rules" for Traditional African Art

    4. Chapter 2.4 Stylistic Analysis

    5. Chapter 2.5 Contextual Analysis

  7. Chapter 3: Themes in African Art

    1. Chapter 3.1 Animals

    2. Chapter 3.2 Coupling Up

    3. Chapter 3.3 Motherhood

    4. Chapter 3.4 Art and Youth Initiation

    5. Chapter 3.5 Art and Medicine

    6. Chapter 3.6: Art and Divination

    7. Chapter 3.7 Art and Death

    8. Chapter 3.8 Portraiture

    9. Chapter 3.9 African Art as Inspiration

  8. Chapter 4: The Impact of Religion and Hierarchy on African Art

    1. Chapter 4.1 Traditional Religion and Art

    2. Chapter 4.2 Christianity and Art

    3. Chapter 4.3 Islam and Art

    4. Chapter 4.4 Art in Nomadic Societies

    5. Chapter 4.5 Art in Small-Scale Communities

    6. Chapter 4.6 Kingdom-based art

  9. Appendix A: Taking Notes

  10. Appendix B: Studying for and Taking Tests

  11. Appendix C: Researching a Project--Introductory Level

  12. Appendix D: Maps and Ethnic Groups

  13. Map: Bamana and Mande

  14. Map of the Kongo Peoples

The Bright Continent: African Art History

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The Bright Continent: African Art History by Kathy Curnow is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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