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catalog abstract ""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." "With twenty-seven color reproductions and eighty-one photographs - many published for the first time - accompanying essays by eighteen of the world's foremost Yoruba cultural historians, this book offers the most complete exploration of Yoruba artists and their work to date. Documenting the full spectrum of Yoruba culture, this definitive work extends beyond the visual arts to examine, for the first time, the Yoruba use of such oral traditions as singing and chanting, as well as drumming, dance, and other artistic expressions, including an Ifa divination ritual that involves an interplay of arts." "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 Isethis 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."--Jacket.".
catalog contributor b6576770.
catalog contributor b6576771.
catalog contributor b6576772.
catalog contributor b6576773.
catalog created "c1994.".
catalog date "1994".
catalog date "c1994.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
catalog description ""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." "With twenty-seven color reproductions and eighty-one photographs - many published for the first time - accompanying essays by eighteen of the world's foremost Yoruba cultural historians, this book offers the most complete exploration of Yoruba artists and their work to date. ".
catalog description "Art identity, and identification / John Picton -- Introduction: an African(?) art history / Rowland Abiọdun -- Stylistic analysis and the identification of artists' workshops in ancient Ifẹ / Frank Willett -- Ifa trays from the Oṣogbo and Ijẹbu regions / Hans Witte -- The Ulm Ọpọ́n Ifá (ca.1650) / Ezio Bassani -- Anonymous has a name / Roslyn Adele Walker -- In praise of Metonymy / Ọlabiyi Babalọla Yai -- Introduction: in praise of artistry / John Pemberton III -- Lagbayi / Wande Abimbọla -- The role of Oríkì Orílẹ̀ and Ìtàn in the reconstruction of the architectural history of the palace of Gbọngan / Ọba Solomon Babayẹmi".
catalog description "Documenting the full spectrum of Yoruba culture, this definitive work extends beyond the visual arts to examine, for the first time, the Yoruba use of such oral traditions as singing and chanting, as well as drumming, dance, and other artistic expressions, including an Ifa divination ritual that involves an interplay of arts." "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. ".
catalog description "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 Isethis 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."--Jacket.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-266).".
catalog description "Polyvocality and the individual talent / Karin Barber -- Crumming for the Egungun / Akin Euba -- Embodied practice / embodied history / Margaret Thompson Drewal -- Introduction: Yoruba art and life as journeys / Henry John Drewal -- Beyond aesthetics / Michael D. Harris -- The transformation of Ogun power / Jutta Ströter-Bender -- The three warriors / Robert Farris Thompson -- Yoruba-American art / John Mason.".
catalog extent "ix, 275 p. :".
catalog hasFormat "Yoruba artist.".
catalog identifier "1560983396 (cloth)".
catalog identifier "156098340X (paper)".
catalog isFormatOf "Yoruba artist.".
catalog issued "1994".
catalog issued "c1994.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
catalog relation "Yoruba artist.".
catalog spatial "Benin".
catalog spatial "Nigeria".
catalog subject "700/.89/96333 20".
catalog subject "Arts, Black Benin Congresses.".
catalog subject "Arts, Black Nigeria Congresses.".
catalog subject "Arts, Yoruba Congresses.".
catalog subject "NX589.6.N5 Y67 1994".
catalog tableOfContents "Art identity, and identification / John Picton -- Introduction: an African(?) art history / Rowland Abiọdun -- Stylistic analysis and the identification of artists' workshops in ancient Ifẹ / Frank Willett -- Ifa trays from the Oṣogbo and Ijẹbu regions / Hans Witte -- The Ulm Ọpọ́n Ifá (ca.1650) / Ezio Bassani -- Anonymous has a name / Roslyn Adele Walker -- In praise of Metonymy / Ọlabiyi Babalọla Yai -- Introduction: in praise of artistry / John Pemberton III -- Lagbayi / Wande Abimbọla -- The role of Oríkì Orílẹ̀ and Ìtàn in the reconstruction of the architectural history of the palace of Gbọngan / Ọba Solomon Babayẹmi".
catalog tableOfContents "Polyvocality and the individual talent / Karin Barber -- Crumming for the Egungun / Akin Euba -- Embodied practice / embodied history / Margaret Thompson Drewal -- Introduction: Yoruba art and life as journeys / Henry John Drewal -- Beyond aesthetics / Michael D. Harris -- The transformation of Ogun power / Jutta Ströter-Bender -- The three warriors / Robert Farris Thompson -- Yoruba-American art / John Mason.".
catalog title "The Yoruba artist : new theoretical perspectives on African arts / edited by Rowland Abiọdun, Henry J. Drewal, and John Pemberton III.".
catalog type "Conference proceedings. fast".
catalog type "text".