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BASSANI (Ezio) & FAG (William B.). AFRICA and the Renaissance: Arte in Ivory. New York. 1988.

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BASSANI (Ezio) & FAG (William B.)
AFRICA and the Renaissance: Arte in Ivory. Edited by Susan Vogel, Assisted by Carol Thompson, with an Essay by Peter Mark. New York: The Center of African Art, 1988.

256 pp.: il.; 300 mm.

Magnificent catalog of the Exhibition with the same title presented in New York at The Center of African Art on the art of African ivory brought by the Portuguese for the first time in the 15th century. All chapters with important references to Portugal and its role in the dissemination of African art in the so-called Western world. Profusely illustrated in black and color text.