Brittany Sheldon
Biographic Data
| ID | 6411690 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brittany Sheldon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brittany |
| FAMILY NAME | Sheldon |
| SIGNATURE | SHELDON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Bloomington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Indigenous expertise
This article examines the indigenous technologies of women artists in the rural communities of northeastern Ghana and southeastern Burkina Faso, who paint the earthen walls of their homes using pigments derived from the local environment. Much has been written about the artistic ingenuity of fresco painters in the Italian Renaissance. Less scholarly attention has been given to the skills of rural women artists in West Africa, who also use fresco-…
Indigenous expertise
This article examines the indigenous technologies of women artists in the rural communities of northeastern Ghana and southeastern Burkina Faso, who paint the earthen walls of their homes using pigments derived from the local environment. Much has been written about the artistic ingenuity of fresco painters in the Italian Renaissance. Less scholarly attention has been given to the skills of rural women artists in West Africa, who also use fresco-…
Indigenous expertise
This article examines the indigenous technologies of women artists in the rural communities of northeastern Ghana and southeastern Burkina Faso, who paint the earthen walls of their homes using pigments derived from the local environment. Much has been written about the artistic ingenuity of fresco painters in the Italian Renaissance. Less scholarly attention has been given to the skills of rural women artists in West Africa, who also use fresco-…
African history and culture studies (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Cultural Identity and Heritage (1 work) · Fresco (1 work) · Indigenous (1 work) · Ingenuity (1 work) · Neighbourhood (mathematics (1 work) · Painting (1 work) · Political science (1 work)