The Coloring Book of African Art Through the Ages

The Coloring Book of African Art Through the Ages showcases a remarkable selection of Ancient Egyptian art and arts of Africa from the Brooklyn Museum. The collections cover a breathtakingly wide range thematically, geographically and chronologically. They include stone and wooden sculptures, paintings, ceramics, jewellery and textiles that together provide unparalleled insignts into the daily lives, religious beliefs and systems of governance of different cultures and communities across Africa throughout the greater part of recorded history. This colouring book presents more than 60 of these works for you to complete, either by reproducing the original colours or by letting your imagination run free to create whole new palettes. Among the objects depicted are hieroglyphic inscriptions chiseled in stone, mummy-masks, coffins, amulets, drinking vessels, crowns and headdresses, portraits, statues and weights. Among many highlights are a mosaic of a lion, a bust of a goddess and an animal frieze. Egypt features prominently, of course, but there is also a wealth of artifacts from regions that are now parts of Angola, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Libreria, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tunisia. The oldest objects in this book date from around 2000 BCE, the most recent are 20th century