Based on a 1992 symposium held at the Museum Rietberg Zürich.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-266).
Art, 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.
Language: eng
Physical Description: ix, 275 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cm.
Edition Info: (cloth : alk. paper)
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