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Painting for the gods : art and aesthetics of Yoruba religious murals / Bolaji Campbell

Author
Campbell, Bolaji
Published
Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
xiv, 222 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cm

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Contents
Isedale: history, tradition and cosmogony -- Awo Orisa: coloring the Orisa -- Yiyana: materials, processes, and aesthetics of Orisa painting -- Aso Orisa, cloth(ing) of the gods: iconology of the sacred images -- Ajijogun Asa: inheritors of the tradition.
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ISBN
1592214371 (hard cover)
9781592214372 (hard cover)
159221438X (pbk.)
9781592214389 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-214) and index.
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