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The Yoruba artist : new theoretical perspectives on African arts

Title
The Yoruba artist : new theoretical perspectives on African arts / edited by Rowland Abiọdun, Henry J. Drewal, and John Pemberton III.
Publication
Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Abiodun, Rowland.
  • Drewal, Henry John.
  • Pemberton, John, 1928-2016.
  • Museum Rietberg.
Description
ix, 275 p. : ill. (some col.), map; 29 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Based on a 1992 symposium held at the Museum Rietberg Zürich.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-266).
Contents
Stylistic analysis and the identification of artists' workshops in ancient Ifẹ / Frank Willett -- Ifa trays from the Oṣogbo and Ijẹbu regions / Hans Witte -- The Ulm Ọṕọn Ifá (ca. 1650) / Ezio Bassani -- Anonymous has a name : Ọlọwẹ of Isẹ / Roslyn Adele Walker -- In praise of metonymy : the concepts of "tradition" and "creativity" in the transmission of Yoruba artistry over time and space / Ọlabiyi Babalọla Yai -- Lagbayi : the itinerant wood carver of Ọjọwọn / Wande Abimbọla -- The role of oríkì oríl̀ẹ and ìtàn in the reconstruction of the architectural history of the Palace of Gbọngan / Solomon Babayẹmi -- Polyvocality and the individual talent : three women oríkì singers in Okuku / Karin Barber -- Drumming for the egungun : the poet-musician in Yoruba masquerade theater / Akin Euba -- Embodied practice/embodied history : mastery of metaphor in the performances of Diviner Kolawọle Ọṣitọla / Margaret Thompson Drewal -- Yoruba art and life as journeys / Henry John Drewal -- Beyond aesthetics : visual activism in Ile-Ifẹ / Michael D. Harris -- The transformation of Ogun power : the art of Rufus Ogundele / Jutta Ströter-Bender -- The three warriors : Atlantic altars of Eṣu, Ogun, and Ọṣọosi / Robert Farris Thompson -- Yoruba-American art / John Mason.
Call Number
Sc F 95-349
ISBN
  • 1560983396 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 156098340X (paper : alk. paper)
LCCN
93020763
OCLC
  • 28583131
  • NYPG95-B7113
Title
The Yoruba artist : new theoretical perspectives on African arts / edited by Rowland Abiọdun, Henry J. Drewal, and John Pemberton III.
Imprint
Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1994.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-266).
Added Author
Abiodun, Rowland.
Drewal, Henry John.
Pemberton, John, 1928-2016.
Museum Rietberg.
Research Call Number
Sc F 95-349
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