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050 00 $aNX589.6.N5$bY67 1994
049 $aXIMM
245 04 $aThe Yoruba artist :$bnew theoretical perspectives on African arts /$cedited by Rowland Abiọdun, Henry J. Drewal, and John Pemberton III.
260 $aWashington :$bSmithsonian Institution Press,$cc1994.
300 $aix, 275 p. :$bill. (some col.), map ;$c29 cm.
500 $aBased on a 1992 symposium held at the Museum Rietberg Zürich.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-266).
505 0 $aArt, identity, and identification : a commentary on Yoruba art historical studies / John Picton -- Part one : Yoruba artistic tradition and creativity -- Introduction : an African(?) art history : promising theoretical approaches in Yoruba art studies / Rowland Abiodun -- Stylistic analysis and the identification of artists' workshops in ancient Ife / Frank Willett -- Ifa trays from the Osogbo and Ijebu regions / Hans Witte -- The Ulm Opon Ifa (ca. 1650) : a model for later iconography / Ezio Bassani -- Anonymous has a name : Olowe of Ise / Roslyn Adele Walker -- In praise of Metonymy : the concepts of "tradition" and "creativity" in the transmission of Yoruba artistry over time and space / Olabiyi Babalola Yai -- Part two : the interplay of the arts in Yoruba culture -- Introduction : in praise of artistry / John Pemberton III -- Lagbayi : the itinerant wood carver of Ojowon / Wande Abimbola -- The role of Oriki Orile and Itan in the reconstruction of the architectural history of the palace of Gbongan / Oba Solomon Babayemi, the Olufi of Gbongan -- Polyvocality and the individual talent : three women Oriki 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 Kolawole Ositola / Margaret Thompson Drewal -- Part three : transactions, transitions, transformations -- Introduction : Yoruba art and life as journeys / Henry John Drewal -- Beyond aesthetics : visual activism in Ile-Ife / Michael D. Harris -- The transformation of Ogun power : the art of Rufua Ogundele / Jutta Stroter-Bender -- The three warriors : Atlantic altars of Esu, Ogun, and Osoosi / Robert Farris Thompson -- Yoruba-American art : new rivers to explore / John Mason.
650 0 $aArts, Yoruba$vCongresses.
650 0 $aArts, Black$zNigeria$vCongresses.
650 0 $aArts, Black$zBenin$vCongresses.
700 1 $aAbiodun, Rowland.
700 1 $aDrewal, Henry John.
700 1 $aPemberton, John,$d1928-
710 2 $aMuseum Rietberg.
994 $aE0$bXIM