Art and risk in ancient Yoruba : IFE history, power, and identity, c. 1300

Publication Data

• Title Art and risk in ancient Yoruba : IFE history, power, and identity, c. 1300
• Author Suzanne Preston Blier
• Publisher Cambridge University Press
• Publication date 2015
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• Art, Yoruba :: History
• Art, Yoruba :: Political aspects
• Art and society :: Nigeria :: Ife
• Creative ability in technology :: Nigeria :: Ife
• Ife (Nigeria) :: Antiquities
• Ife (Nigeria) :: Civilization
• Ife (Nigeria)

Art and risk in ancient Yoruba : IFE history, power, and identity, c. 1300 by Suzanne Preston Blier. ISBN 9781107021662. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.