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ARTHIST 282| AFS 282 Arts of Africa & Museums

Look and think about objects attributed to artists, patrons, or audiences from the African continent| Professor Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi

Using Book Reviews for Reflections

You can search BOOK REVIEWS  on google, in newspapers, in disciple specific journals, etc. 

Often starting with JSTOR is a good start. 

 

Murphy, Maureen. “John Warne Monroe, Metropolitan Fetish: African Sculpture and the Imperial French Invention of Primitive Art.” The Journal of Modern History, vol. 92, no. 4, Nov. 2020, pp. 949–50

Magee, Carol. African Arts 44, no. 4 (2011): 93-94.  There are many reasons to recommend Kathleen Bickford Berzock's and Christa Clarke's edited volume, Representing Africa in American Art Museums…

 

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