Art and risk in ancient Yoruba : IFE history, power, and identity, c. 1300
| 1. Verfasser: |
Blier, Suzanne Preston.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xxiii, 574 p. : ill. (some col.). |
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| Online Zugang: |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction: art, risk, and creativity. Art, risk, and identity. Art making : artists, subjects, technologies and media
- Experiencing art : sight, site, and perspectives of viewing
- If looks could kill : aesthetics and political expression
- Embedding identity : marking the Ife body. Politics, representation, and regalia. A gallery of portrait heads : political art
- Animal avatars : art, identity and the natural world
- Crowning glory : the art and politics of headgear
- Battling with symbols : scepters, staffs, and seats.
