Book contents
- Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba
- Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction: Risk, Art, and History
- Part I Art, Risk, and Identity
- 1 Making Art: Artists, Subjects, Materials, and Patrons
- 2 Experiencing Art at Ife: Sight, Site, and Viewership
- 3 If Looks Could Kill: Aesthetics and Political Expression
- 4 Embedding Identity: Marking the Ife Body
- Part II Politics, Representation, and Regalia
- Conclusions
- Glossary
- Interviews and Correspondence
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Experiencing Art at Ife: Sight, Site, and Viewership
from Part I - Art, Risk, and Identity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2015
- Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba
- Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction: Risk, Art, and History
- Part I Art, Risk, and Identity
- 1 Making Art: Artists, Subjects, Materials, and Patrons
- 2 Experiencing Art at Ife: Sight, Site, and Viewership
- 3 If Looks Could Kill: Aesthetics and Political Expression
- 4 Embedding Identity: Marking the Ife Body
- Part II Politics, Representation, and Regalia
- Conclusions
- Glossary
- Interviews and Correspondence
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Art and Risk in Ancient YorubaIfe History, Power, and Identity, c.1300, pp. 107 - 154Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015