Picasso and Africa by Laurence Madeline and Marilyn Martin

explores the profound influence of African masks and sculpture on Pablo Picasso's development of Cubism, following his 1907 visit to the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro. The book showcases this cross-cultural impact through expert essays and illustrations, analyzing how he adopted these, and other non-Western art forms, to break from traditional European academic styles