Painting for the gods
Subtitle: art and aesthetics of Yoruba religious murals
By: Bolaji Campbell
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Trenton NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781592214372; 9781592214389
Subjects: 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
Table of contents: title: Isedale: history, tradition and cosmogony; title: Awo Orisa: coloring the Orisa; title: Yiyana: materials, processes, and aesthetics of Orisa painting; title: Aso Orisa, cloth(ing) of the gods: iconology of the sacred images; title: Ajijogun Asa: inheritors of the tradition