African Art Reframed: Reflections and Dialogues on Museum Culture

by J. R. Osborn and Bennetta Jules-Rosette

Once seen as a collection of artifacts and ritual objects, African art now commands respect from museums and collectors. Bennetta Jules-Rosette and J.R. Osborn explore the reframing of African art through case studies of museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Africa.

The authors take a three-pronged approach. Part One ranges from curiosity cabinets to virtual websites to offer a history of ethnographic and art museums and look...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252043278
• ISBN13: 9780252043277
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.4"