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Author Blier, Suzanne Preston.

Title Art and risk in ancient Yoruba : Ife history, power, and identity, c. 1300 / Suzanne Preston Blier
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Art, Yoruba -- History
Art, Yoruba -- Political aspects
Art and society -- Nigeria -- Ife
Creative ability in technology -- Nigeria -- Ife
ART -- Sculpture & Installation.
Antiquities
Art and society
Art, Yoruba
Civilization
Creative ability in technology
SUBJECT Ife (Nigeria) -- Antiquities
Ife (Nigeria) -- Civilization
Subject Nigeria -- Ife
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781107731820
1107731828
9781139128872
1139128876