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Author:
Campbell, Bolaji.
Title:
Painting for the gods : art and aesthetics of Yoruba religious murals / Bolaji Campbell.
Publisher:
Africa World Press,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
xiv, 222 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Mural painting and decoration, Yoruba--Nigeria.
Orishas in art
Shrines--Decoration--Nigeria.
Yoruba (African people)--Nigeria--Religion.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-214) and index.
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.
ISBN:
9781592214389 (pbk.)
159221438X (pbk.)
9781592214372 (hard cover)
1592214371 (hard cover)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)79256712
LCCN:
2007001110
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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