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Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art

By Rowland Abiodun

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
1316004406, 9781316004401, 9781107047440
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (27465602 bytes)
Pages
386\416
Time added
2021-07-26 07:05:58

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Rowland Abiodun draws on his fluency and prodigious knowledge of Yoruba culture and language to dramatically enrich our understanding of Yoruba civilization and its arts. Cover Half-title Title page Copyright information Dedication Table of contents List of illustrations Acknowledgments Orthography and Phonological Notes Introduction: On the Centrality of Africa in African Art Studies Yoruba Art as Oríkì 1 Orí: No Òrìṣà Blesses a Person without the Consent of His/Her Orí Họ̀ọ̀-rọ̀ or Ọ̀rọ̀ Orí-Inú Notes on Text 2 Àṣẹ: The Empowered Word Must Come to Pass 3 Ọ̀ṣun: The Corpulent Woman Whose Waist Two Arms Cannot Encompass Notes on Text 4 Ọ̀rúnmìlà: Henceforth, Ifá Priests Will Ride Horses “He [The Client] Then Started to Praise Ifá Priests” The Horse, Its Rider, and Ọ̀rúnmìlà Agere-Ifá Sculpture as Visual Oríkì Notes on Text 5 We Greet Aṣọ before We Greet Its Wearer Beads Fabric of Immortality In Praise of Gods and Cloth Notes on Text 6 Àkó: Re/Minding Is the Antidote for Forgetfulness Àkó Ceremony and Effigy Àkó Aesthetics Dressing the Àkó Effigy Àkó’s Display and Celebration “Reminding Is the Antidote for Forgetfulness”: (Ìrántí loògùn àìgbàgbé) Acknowledgments 7 Ilé-Ifẹ̀: The Place Where the Day Dawns Three Idioms of Ifẹ̀-naturalism Àkó-graphic àṣà Àṣẹ-graphic àṣà Èpè-graphic àṣà 8 Yoruba Aesthetics: Ìwà, Ìwà Is What We Are Searching for, Ìwà A Preamble: Centrality of Ìwà as a Concept Rudiments of Yoruba Artistic Criticisms “Ìwà” of the Critic (Recognition of Ẹwà) Ojú-inú Ojú-ọnà Ìfarabalẹ̀ Ìlutí Ìmọjú-mọra Títọ́ Ìwà in Creativity (Production of Ẹwà) Notes on Text 9 Tomorrow, Today’s Elder Sibling Appendix A. Chapter 3, Ọ̀ṣun Appendix B Chapter 6, Àkó I. A verse from Ọ̀wọ́nrín Méjì in the Ifá literary corpus Appendix C Àkó Performances in Ọ̀wọ̀ District Appendix D Chapter 9, Tomorrow, Today’s Elder Sibling Glossary Notes Orthography and Phonological Notes Introduction: On the Centrality of Africa in African Art Studies 1. Orí: No Òrìṣà Blesses a Person without the Consent of His/Her Orí 2. Àṣẹ: The Empowered Word Must Come to Pass 3. Ọ̀ṣun: The Corpulent Woman Whose Waist Two Arms Cannot Encompass 4. Ọ̀rúnmìlà: Henceforth, Ifá Priests Will Ride Horses 5. We Greet Aṣọ before We Greet Its Wearer 6. Àkó: Re/Minding Is the Antidote for Forgetfulness 7. Ilé-Ifẹ̀: The Place Where the Day Dawns 8. Yoruba Aesthetics: Ìwà, Ìwà Is What We Are Searching for, Ìwà 9. Tomorrow, Today’s Elder Sibling Glossary Works Consulted Index

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