{"product_id":"african-vision-the-walt-disneytishman-african-art-collection-9783791338026","title":"African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfrican Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e by Kreamer, Christine Mullen. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9783791338026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNinety renowned masterpieces of African art that inspired artists at the Walt Disney studios.\nIn 2005, the Walt Disney Company donated its Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection to the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. Considered one of the worlds finest collections of African art, the Disney-Tishman Collection contains iconic pieces dating from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries and showcases art that represents seventy-five peoples and twenty countries. This book explores the many ways that the collection reflects Africas rich history and culture and focuses particularly on objects used in performance, rituals, and as emblems of power.\nFigures carved in stone, wood, and ivory; stools, masks, crowns, jewelry, and hunting tools--each object is presented in vivid color plates and accompanied by texts providing information about the objects history, uses, and materials. This beautiful book accompanies the first public presentation of the collection in the past twenty years, permitting a new generation to experience one of Americas national treasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Prestel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44977580900405,"sku":"ByrdShop_3791338021","price":225.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9783791338026_d745ccc2-e9b9-4e76-b332-d4622d1e54e0.jpg?v=1778646601","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/african-vision-the-walt-disneytishman-african-art-collection-9783791338026","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}