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Item Number: 128094
Title: Yoruba Art and Language : Seeking the African in African Art
Author: Abiodun, Rowland
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781107047440
Description: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 25cm., hardcover, 386pp., 67 color, 73 b&w illus. Summary: The Yoru`baŽ was one of the most important civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa. While the high quality and range of its artistic and material production have long been recognized, the art of the Yoru`baŽ has been judged primarily according to the standards and principles of Western aesthetics. In this book, which merges the methods of art history, archaeology, and anthropology, Rowland AbiŽo?ŽduŽn offers new insights into Yoru`baŽ art and material culture by examining them within the context of the civilization's cultural norms and values and, above all, the Yoru`baŽ language. He begins by establishing the importance of the concepts of oriŽki`, the verbal and visual performances that animate ritual and domestic objects, such as cloth, sculpture, and dance; and a`s?e?, the energy that structures existence and that transforms and controls the physical world. Both concepts served as the guiding principles of Yoru`baŽ artistic production. Through analyses of representative objects, AbiŽo?ŽduŽn demonstrates how material culture expresses the key philosophical notions at the heart of the Yoru`baŽ worldview. AbiŽo?ŽduŽn draws on his fluency and prodigious knowledge of Yoru`baŽ culture and language to dramatically enrich our understanding of Yoru`baŽ civilization and its arts. The book includes a companion website with audio clips of the Yoruba language, helping the reader better grasp the integral connection between art and language in Yoruba culture.
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