Art and risk in ancient Yoruba : Ife history, power, and identity, c. 1300 /
Blier, Suzanne Preston.
Art and risk in ancient Yoruba : Ife history, power, and identity, c. 1300 / Suzanne Preston Blier. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781107731820
Art, Yoruba--History.
Art, Yoruba--Political aspects.
Art and society--Nigeria--Ife.
Creative ability in technology--Nigeria--Ife.
Electronic Books.
N7399 / .A783 2013
Art and risk in ancient Yoruba : Ife history, power, and identity, c. 1300 / Suzanne Preston Blier. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781107731820
Art, Yoruba--History.
Art, Yoruba--Political aspects.
Art and society--Nigeria--Ife.
Creative ability in technology--Nigeria--Ife.
Electronic Books.
N7399 / .A783 2013