Robert Farris Thompson

Flash of the Spirit

African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This landmark book shows how five African civilizations-Yoruba, Kongo, Ejagham, Mande and Cross River-have informed and are reflected in the aesthetic, social and metaphysical traditions (music, sculpture, textiles, architecture, religion, idiogrammatic writing) of black people in the United States, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Mexico, Brazil and other places in the New World.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House USA Inc
• Seitenzahl: 317
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 205mm x 133mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 326g
• ISBN-13: 9780394723693
• ISBN-10: 0394723694
• Artikelnr.: 22334043

Autorenporträt

Robert Farris Thompson

Inhaltsangabe

1. Black Saints Go Marching In: Yoruba Art and Culture in the Americas
2. The Sign of the Four Moments of the Sun: Kongo Art and Religion in the
Americas
3. The Rara of the Universe: Vodun Religion and Art in Haiti
4. Round Houses and Rhythmized Textiles: Mande-Related Art and Architecture
in the Americas
5. Emblems of Prowess: Ejagham Art and Writing in Two Worlds