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Painting for the gods : art and aesthetics of Yoruba religious murals

Title
Painting for the gods : art and aesthetics of Yoruba religious murals / Bolaji Campbell.
Author
Campbell, Bolaji.
Publication
Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, c2008.

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Description
xiv, 222 p. : ill. (some col.), map; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Mural painting and decoration, Yoruba > Nigeria
  • Orishas in art
  • Shrines > Decoration > Nigeria
  • Yoruba (African people) > Nigeria > Religion
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-214) and index.
Contents
Isedale: history, tradition and cosmogony -- Awo Orisa: coloring the Orisa -- Yiyana: materials, processes, and aesthetics of Orisa painting -- Aso Orisa, cloth(ing) of the gods: iconology of the sacred images -- Ajijogun Asa: inheritors of the tradition.
Call Number
Sc D 08-999
ISBN
  • 1592214371
  • 9781592214372
  • 159221438X (pbk.)
  • 9781592214389 (pbk.)
LCCN
2007001110
OCLC
79256712
Author
Campbell, Bolaji.
Title
Painting for the gods : art and aesthetics of Yoruba religious murals / Bolaji Campbell.
Imprint
Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-214) and index.
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Research Call Number
Sc D 08-999
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