Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art Thursday, August 6 2009.

• This is a ground-breaking book that shows Africa's contributions to the global history of writing. Featured are 90 exceptional works of art: ritual objects, religous paintings and manuscripts, talismans, contemporary paintings and more. They explore the relationship between African art and the communicative powers of graphic systems, language and the written word.