Title: The Yoruba artist : new theoretical perspectives on African arts /
Authors: Abiodun, Rowland.; Drewal, Henry John.; Pemberton, John, 1928-2016; Museum Rietberg.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Arts, Yoruba Congresses.; Arts, Black Nigeria Congresses.; Arts, Black Benin Congresses.
Abstract: "The cultural legacy of the Yoruba people of Nigeria and Benin is one of Africa's oldest and richest, extending for more than nine centuries. Among the most prized achievements of African art are the naturalistic terracotta sculptures produced for the royal Yoruba courts from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries. Also renowned for their beauty and craftsmanship are Yoruba ceremonial swords, elaborate beaded crowns, wood and ivory carvings, embroidered textiles, jewelry, and architectural works." "With twenty-seven color reproductions and eighty-one photographs - many published for the first time - accompanying essays by eighteen of the world's foremost Yoruba cultural historians, this book offers the most complete exploration of Yoruba artists and their work to date.^