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Facing Africa
Mary Nooter Roberts

Toledo Mus of Art, 1998

The Toledo Museum of Art has a small but choice collection of the art of sub-Saharan Africa. Collecting began in 1958 with a Benin Queen Mother head and a Fang mask that once belonged to artist Maurice Vlaminck. This book combines up-to-date scholarship with field photographs and selections from African literature that will delight readers of all ages. We hope readers will enjoy the process of "turning toward," "confronting," and "connecting ...

The Shape of Belief: African Art from the Dr. Michael R. Heide Collection
Mary Nooter Roberts, Allen F. Roberts

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 1997

Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art
Christine Mullen Kreamer, Mary Nooter Roberts, ...

5 Continents Editions, 2007

Exploring the multiple messages and aesthetic intent of works that creatively incorporate script, both for its literal content as well as the beauty of its form, the book includes 90 exceptional works of art dating from ancient to contemporary times. Inscribing Meaning celebrates the ingenuity and creativity of African artists from around the continent who bring script and graphic forms of communication into a wide range of artworks. Readers ...

A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal

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Allen F. Roberts, Mary Nooter Roberts, ...

University of California Los Angeles, Fowler, 2003

Iconic work
Senegal is a cradle of juxtaposed cultures and civilizations. The contribution of Sufism art is well felt in Senegal. The book invites us to appreciate such an influence. It has strong ramifications in our schools' system. It is pleasing to see international writers spending their time to broaden the masses' understanding of our culture. Sufism in Senegal is different from its counterpart in ...

Body Politics: The Female Image in Luba Art and the Sculpture of Alison Saar (Monograph Series, O. 29)
Mary Nooter Roberts, Alison Saar

UCLA, 2000

Although the sculpture of African American artist Alison Saar is influenced by African objects and ideas, this volume does not seek to establish direct linkages, opting instead to present dialogues. It features an extended interchange between noted Africanist and art historian Mary Nooter Roberts and Saar, and through a series of photographed images, it also establishes a visual dialogue between Saar's frequently large-scale sculptural pieces ...