Flash of the Spirit
African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy
Published on 12. August 1984
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-394-72369-3 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
PICTURES THROUGHOUT
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-394-72369-3 (9780394723693)
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E-Book
05/2010
Vintage
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Person
Robert Farris Thompson is the author of, among other works, Black Gods and Kings, African Art in Motion, and Flash of the Spirit. He has been a Ford Foundation Fellow and has mounted major exhibitions of African art at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. He is Col. John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art at Yale University, where he is also Master of Timothy Dwight College. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Content
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
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