The Yoruba Artist: New Theoretical Perspectives on African Arts

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. Softcover. Blue-green & color illus. wraps, 275 pp., 81 BW illus. & 27 color illus. G+ (Outer spine may have changed color with age; surfaces are clean and edges are crisp.). Item #143716

A collection of 18 essays on Yoruba artists and their work. "The cultural legacy of the Yoruba people of Nigeria and Benin is one of Africa's oldest and richest, extending for more than nine centuries. Among the most prized achievements of African art are the naturalistic terracotta sculptures produced for the royal Yoruba courts from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries. Also renowned for their beauty and craftsmanship are Yoruba ceremonial swords, elaborate beaded crowns, wood and ivory carvings, embroidered textiles, jewelry, and architectural works." (back cover).

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