THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN ART

176pp., b/w & colour illus., maps, paperback, London & New York, 2023

Introductory guide to the art of the African continent from its early origins over 150,000 years ago to the present.

"This slim, chronological overview captures the vast richness of cultures across geography and time." The New York Times Book Review

Art historian Suzanne Preston Blier is currently Professor of Fine Arts and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Her books include Royal Arts of Africa, Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba and The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art (with David Bindman and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)