Description |
xiii, 326 pages, 64 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Boston University papers on Africa ; v. 6
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Boston University papers on Africa ; 6.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Introduction: Art, history, and art history / Daniel F. McCall -- pt. 1. On the meaning of African sculpture: Lugard Lecture of 1961 / Vinigi L. Grottanelli -- pt. 2. Studies of art in a local context: Benin bronze heads: styles and chronology / Philip J.C. Dark -- History if Ibo Mbari houses: facts and theories / Herbert M. Cole -- Images of aggression: Ivwri sculpture of the Urhobo / W. Perkins Foss -- Masking tradition and figurative art among the Islamized Mande / René Bravmann -- Professionals and amateurs in Benin court carving / Paula Ben-Amos -- House decoration in Lower Nubia / Terence Walz -- pt. 3. Distribution of forms and symbols: Yoruba-Sango ram symbolism: from ancient Sahara or dynastic Egypt? / Babatunde Lawal -- Heart-shaped face in African art / Edna G. Bay -- Hornbill and analogous forms in West African sculpture / Daniel F. McCall. |
Form |
Also issued online. |
Subject |
Art, West African.
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Art, West African. |
Added Author |
McCall, Daniel F.
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Bay, Edna G.
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Boston University. African Studies Center.
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Other Form: |
Online version: African images. New York, [Published by] Africana Pub. Co., for the African Studies Center, Boston University 1975] (OCoLC)643598413 |
ISBN |
0841901473 |
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9780841901476 |
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