The Yoruba Artist. New Theoretical Perspectives on African Art.

Gutes Ex.; Umschlag etwas berieben u. stw. verbla�. - Englisch. - Die Yoruba (Yor�b�sind ein westafrikanisches Volk, das vor allem im S�dwesten Nigerias lebt. Dort stellen sie 21 % der Bev�lkerung. Sie leben haupts�lich in den s�dwestlichen Bundesstaaten Oyo, Ogun, Lagos, Ondo, Osun, Ekiti und Kwara, aber auch in den Nachbarstaaten Benin, Ghana und Togo. Das Siedlungsgebiet ist noch heute das dicht besiedelte Kerngebiet Nigerias. 22 der 50 gr��en St�e des Staates liegen dort. . (wiki) // . The Yoruba Artist presents the latest in field research and critical methodology, pointing to new directions in African cultural scholarship. The book explains the intricate linkage of a variety of Yoruba art forms and the role of oriki (praise poetry) songs in the transmission of knowledge. In one essay, Wande Abimbola illustrates how an extended praise poem serves as a source for knowledge concerning a famous eighteenth-century carver in the Old Oyo area. In another, Oba Solomon Babayemi discusses the relationship between oral history preserved by singers and drummers and the architectural history of the palace at Gbongan. In appraising individual figures such as Olowe of Ise�this century's most important Yoruba artist�the contributors underscore particular oral and visual codes that identify authorship. Discussing the transition to current cultural forms, the essayists also show how contemporary artists in West Africa and the Americas have revitalized Yoruba aesthetic traditions. (Verlagstext) // INHALT : Preface ---- A Note on Orthography ---- Art, Identity, and Identification: A Commentary on Yoruba Art Historical Studies John Picton ---- 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 Opgn 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 ---- THE INT RPIAY OF THE ARTJ 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 ---- (u.v.a.m.) ISBN 1560983396