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MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

MFA Highlights: Arts of Africa

Text by Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch.

MFA Highlights: Arts of Africa

The African art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, offers a portal into the life and politics of a large and complex continent with a wealth of history and culture. The highlighted works in this volume have been selected to illuminate different societies and periods, and to offer an introduction to traditions within the wider field of African art. They are presented through the framework of their original contexts: refined bronze sculptures made for royal palaces, spiritual figures powerfully rendered in wood or stone for shrines, vibrant luxury textiles, masks for public celebrations, art made for export and trenchant contemporary photography intended for global art markets.

By examining the places where these objects were first encountered by viewers—the palaces of Mangbetu kings, the busy streets of Lagos or a gallery in London—vivid stories emerge about who made, paid for, used and enjoyed these artworks.


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MFA Highlights: Prints and Drawings

MFA HIGHLIGHTS: PRINTS AND DRAWINGS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878468812
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Pub Date: 9/26/2023
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MFA Highlights: European Painting and Sculpture before 1800

MFA HIGHLIGHTS: EUROPEAN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE BEFORE 1800

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878468782
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Pub Date: 2/16/2021
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MFA Highlights: Arts of South Asia

MFA HIGHLIGHTS: ARTS OF SOUTH ASIA

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878468720
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Pub Date: 8/4/2020
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MFA Highlights: Arts of Africa

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MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878468645
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Pub Date: 11/26/2019
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Arts of Ancient Nubia: MFA Highlights

ARTS OF ANCIENT NUBIA: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878468539
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Pub Date: 9/25/2018
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European Painting and Sculpture After 1800

EUROPEAN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE AFTER 1800

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878468409
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Pub Date: 7/26/2016
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Contemporary Art: MFA Highlights

CONTEMPORARY ART: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878468164
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Pub Date: 1/26/2016
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European Decorative Arts

EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ARTS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878468225
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Pub Date: 1/27/2015
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Arts of China: MFA Highlights

ARTS OF CHINA: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878467891
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Pub Date: 9/30/2013
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Photography: MFA Highlights

PHOTOGRAPHY: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878466764
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Pub Date: 8/1/2007
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Conservation: MFA Highlights

CONSERVATION: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878467297
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Pub Date: 10/31/2011
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Arts of Korea: MFA Highlights

ARTS OF KOREA: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878467884
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Pub Date: 1/31/2013
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American Paintings: MFA Highlights

AMERICAN PAINTINGS: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878466603
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Pub Date: 9/2/2003
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Musical Instruments: MFA Highlights

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878466740
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Pub Date: 7/2/2004
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Native American Art: MFA Highlights

NATIVE AMERICAN ART: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878467518
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Pub Date: 7/31/2010
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Arts of Japan: MFA Highlights

ARTS OF JAPAN: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878467143
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Pub Date: 12/1/2008
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Classical Art: MFA HIghlights

CLASSICAL ART: MFA HIGHLIGHTS

MFA PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

ISBN: 9780878467280
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Pub Date: 6/16/2008
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Furla Series #01 Time After Time, Space After Space

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MOUSSE PUBLISHING

ISBN: 9788867493319
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Pub Date: 2/19/2019
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Signals: How Video Transformed the World

SIGNALS: HOW VIDEO TRANSFORMED THE WORLD

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK

ISBN: 9781633451230
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Pub Date: 4/18/2023
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Making Their Mark: Art by Women in the Shah Garg Collection

MAKING THEIR MARK: ART BY WOMEN IN THE SHAH GARG COLLECTION

GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.

ISBN: 9781941366509
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Pub Date: 5/2/2023
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The Animal Within: Creatures In (and Outside)

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WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783753303239
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Pub Date: 4/11/2023
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Fire Figure Fantasy

FIRE FIGURE FANTASY

DELMONICO BOOKS/INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, MIAMI

ISBN: 9781636810836
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Pub Date: 6/20/2023
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The New African Portraiture: Shariat Collections

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WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783753303062
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Pub Date: 7/4/2023
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Spain and the Hispanic World

SPAIN AND THE HISPANIC WORLD

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS

ISBN: 9781912520947
USD $30.00
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Pub Date: 3/21/2023
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Native American Art from the Thomas W. Weisel Family Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN ART FROM THE THOMAS W. WEISEL FAMILY COLLECTION

DELMONICO BOOKS/FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO

ISBN: 9781636810966
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Pub Date: 4/25/2023
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Vanhaerents Art Collection

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HATJE CANTZ

ISBN: 9783775753814
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Pub Date: 3/28/2023
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SILVANA EDITORIALE

ISBN: 9788836647453
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Pub Date: 7/4/2023
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Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond

CHOSEN MEMORIES: CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN ART FROM THE PATRICIA PHELPS DE CISNEROS GIFT AND BEYOND

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK

ISBN: 9781633451384
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Pub Date: 5/16/2023
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Dark Light: Realism in the Age of Post-Truths

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ISBN: 9788857248851
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Pub Date: 4/25/2023
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