ISBN:
9781932543209
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1932543201
Language:
English
Pages:
119 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karte
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28 cm
Keywords:
Wagner, Bernard Meyer / 1928- / Art collections / Exhibitions
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Wagner, Patricia / Art collections / Exhibitions
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High Museum of Art / Exhibitions
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Newark Museum / Exhibitions
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Art, Yoruba / Georgia / Atlanta / Exhibitions
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Yoruba (African people) / Religion / Exhibitions
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Religiöse Kunst
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Yoruba
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Plastik
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Ausstellungskatalog The High Museum of Art 22.12.2007-20.04.2008
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Newark Museum 06.06.2008-24.08.2008
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Ausstellungskatalog The High Museum of Art 22.12.2007-20.04.2008
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Newark Museum 06.06.2008-24.08.2008
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Yoruba
;
Religiöse Kunst
;
Plastik
Description / Table of Contents:
Directors' foreword, acknowledgements / Michael E. Shapiro, Mary Sue Sweeney Price -- Author's acknowledgements / Babatunde Lawal -- Collecting African art : a personal odyssey / Bernard and Patricia Wagner -- Yoruba art in the Newark Museum / Christa Clarke -- Yoruba art in the High Museum of Art / Carol Thompson -- Embodying the sacred in Yoruba art / Babatunde Lawal. Introduction ; Oríladé : the head is a crown ; Àmì Òrìsà : altar arts and sacred symbols ; Ère Ìbejì : oneness in twoness ; Edan Ògbóni : art for longevity, prosperity, and social stability ; Odúndé, Odúnjo : masquerade festivals ; Cultural inheritance, revival, & reinterpretation of Yoruba art & culture in the Americas
Note:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 22, 2007-Apr. 2008 and the Newark Museum, Newark, N.J., June 6-Aug. 24, 2008. -- "The idea for this exhibition grew out of Bernard and Patricia Wagner's generous offer to give significant works of art from their collection to the High Museum and to the Newark Museum, in equal portion." S. 6
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