ISBN:
8874395876
,
9788874395873
Language:
English
Pages:
150 S.
,
Ill.
,
25 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Visions of Africa
DDC:
709
Keywords:
Art, Yoruba
;
Art and society History
;
Plastik
;
Yoruba
;
Art, Yoruba
;
Art and society History
;
Africa, West
;
Yoruba
;
Plastik
;
Sachkultur
Note:
Yoruba (Benin)
,
Text in English
,
French ed. also avail. (see our card no. 12619922, EAN 978-88-7439-586-6)
,
Enth. Literaturang
,
The Yoruba -- Cosmology -- Divine origin of art -- Inner and outer beauty -- Becoming a professional artist -- Art as food for the eyes -- Material and color symbolism -- Verbal and visual imagery of the head -- Using art to represent, honor, and communicate with deities -- Male deities -- Female deities -- Art of sacred kingship -- Masking -- Coping with change.
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