Title Page
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Chapter 1: Orientation to Africa and its Art
Chapter 1.1: General Introduction
Chapter 1.2: Gender, Materials, Techniques in Traditional Art
Chapter 1.3: Training and Patronage in Traditional Art
Chapter 1.4: Contemporary African Art: Materials, Gender and Training
Chapter 1.5: Patronage in Contemporary African Art
Chapter 2: Analyzing and Discussing African Art
Chapter 2.1 Elements of Design
Chapter 2.2 Principles and Considerations of Design
Chapter 2.3 "Rules" for Traditional African Art
Chapter 2.4 Stylistic Analysis
Chapter 2.5 Contextual Analysis
Chapter 3: Themes in African Art
Chapter 3.1 Animals
Chapter 3.2 Coupling Up
Chapter 3.3 Motherhood
Chapter 3.4 Art and Youth Initiation
Chapter 3.5 Art and Medicine
Chapter 3.6: Art and Divination
Chapter 3.7 Art and Death
Chapter 3.8 Portraiture
Chapter 3.9 African Art as Inspiration
Chapter 4: The Impact of Religion and Hierarchy on African Art
Chapter 4.1 Traditional Religion and Art
Chapter 4.2 Christianity and Art
Chapter 4.3 Islam and Art
Chapter 4.4 Art in Nomadic Societies
Chapter 4.5 Art in Small-Scale Communities
Chapter 4.6 Kingdom-based art
Appendix A: Taking Notes
Appendix B: Studying for and Taking Tests
Appendix C: Researching a Project--Introductory Level
Appendix D: Maps and Ethnic Groups
Map: Bamana and Mande
Map of the Kongo Peoples
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.