Author: Cornelius Oyeleke Adepegba
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The museum of the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ibadan houses a unique collection of Yoruba metal sculpture - an artistic form less well known and less proliferous than the traditional stone and wood carving, and yet as rich in variety and cultural meaning. The author describes both the museum metal sculptures, and those in other Nigerian museums, and some in private ownership in Nigeria. This resulting book, illustrated with 91 black and white plates, is both a catalogue and a study of the aesthetic quality of the objects set in the context of their cultural significance.
Yoruba Metal Sculpture
Author: Cornelius Oyeleke Adepegba
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The museum of the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ibadan houses a unique collection of Yoruba metal sculpture - an artistic form less well known and less proliferous than the traditional stone and wood carving, and yet as rich in variety and cultural meaning. The author describes both the museum metal sculptures, and those in other Nigerian museums, and some in private ownership in Nigeria. This resulting book, illustrated with 91 black and white plates, is both a catalogue and a study of the aesthetic quality of the objects set in the context of their cultural significance.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The museum of the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ibadan houses a unique collection of Yoruba metal sculpture - an artistic form less well known and less proliferous than the traditional stone and wood carving, and yet as rich in variety and cultural meaning. The author describes both the museum metal sculptures, and those in other Nigerian museums, and some in private ownership in Nigeria. This resulting book, illustrated with 91 black and white plates, is both a catalogue and a study of the aesthetic quality of the objects set in the context of their cultural significance.
Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba
Author: Suzanne Preston Blier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107729173
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 793
Book Description
In this book, Suzanne Preston Blier examines the intersection of art, risk and creativity in early African arts from the Yoruba center of Ife and the striking ways that ancient Ife artworks inform society, politics, history and religion. Yoruba art offers a unique lens into one of Africa's most important and least understood early civilizations, one whose historic arts have long been of interest to local residents and Westerners alike because of their tour-de-force visual power and technical complexity. Among the complementary subjects explored are questions of art making, art viewing and aesthetics in the famed ancient Nigerian city-state, as well as the attendant risks and danger assumed by artists, patrons and viewers alike in certain forms of subject matter and modes of portrayal, including unique genres of body marking, portraiture, animal symbolism and regalia. This volume celebrates art, history and the shared passion and skill with which the remarkable artists of early Ife sought to define their past for generations of viewers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107729173
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 793
Book Description
In this book, Suzanne Preston Blier examines the intersection of art, risk and creativity in early African arts from the Yoruba center of Ife and the striking ways that ancient Ife artworks inform society, politics, history and religion. Yoruba art offers a unique lens into one of Africa's most important and least understood early civilizations, one whose historic arts have long been of interest to local residents and Westerners alike because of their tour-de-force visual power and technical complexity. Among the complementary subjects explored are questions of art making, art viewing and aesthetics in the famed ancient Nigerian city-state, as well as the attendant risks and danger assumed by artists, patrons and viewers alike in certain forms of subject matter and modes of portrayal, including unique genres of body marking, portraiture, animal symbolism and regalia. This volume celebrates art, history and the shared passion and skill with which the remarkable artists of early Ife sought to define their past for generations of viewers.
Dynasty and Divinity
Author: Henry John Drewal
Publisher: National Museum of African Art
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Presents a major part of the extraordinary corpus of ancient Ife art in terra-cotta, stone, and metal, dating from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries.
Publisher: National Museum of African Art
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Presents a major part of the extraordinary corpus of ancient Ife art in terra-cotta, stone, and metal, dating from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries.
Peace, Power, and Prestige
Author: Susan Susan Cooksey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734323504
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734323504
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Yoruba Art and Language
Author: Rowland Abiodun
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139992872
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
The Yoruba was one of the most important civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa. While the high quality and range of its artistic and material production have long been recognized, the art of the Yoruba has been judged primarily according to the standards and principles of Western aesthetics. In this book, which merges the methods of art history, archaeology, and anthropology, Rowland Abiodun offers new insights into Yoruba art and material culture by examining them within the context of the civilization's cultural norms and values and, above all, the Yoruba language. Abiodun draws on his fluency and prodigious knowledge of Yoruba culture and language to dramatically enrich our understanding of Yoruba civilization and its arts. The book includes a companion website with audio clips of the Yoruba language, helping the reader better grasp the integral connection between art and language in Yoruba culture.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139992872
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
The Yoruba was one of the most important civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa. While the high quality and range of its artistic and material production have long been recognized, the art of the Yoruba has been judged primarily according to the standards and principles of Western aesthetics. In this book, which merges the methods of art history, archaeology, and anthropology, Rowland Abiodun offers new insights into Yoruba art and material culture by examining them within the context of the civilization's cultural norms and values and, above all, the Yoruba language. Abiodun draws on his fluency and prodigious knowledge of Yoruba culture and language to dramatically enrich our understanding of Yoruba civilization and its arts. The book includes a companion website with audio clips of the Yoruba language, helping the reader better grasp the integral connection between art and language in Yoruba culture.
Rodin
Author: Joan Vita Miller
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870994433
Category : Sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870994433
Category : Sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present
Author: Aribidesi Usman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107064600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107064600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.
Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba
Author: Suzanne Preston Blier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107021669
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
This book examines the intersection of art, risk, and creativity in early African arts from the Yoruba center of Ife. It offers a unique lens into one of Africa's most important and least understood early civilizations, one whose historic arts have long been of interest to local residents and Westerners alike because of their tour-de-force visual power and technical complexity.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107021669
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
This book examines the intersection of art, risk, and creativity in early African arts from the Yoruba center of Ife. It offers a unique lens into one of Africa's most important and least understood early civilizations, one whose historic arts have long been of interest to local residents and Westerners alike because of their tour-de-force visual power and technical complexity.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1924
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1924
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1928
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1928
Book Description