Blier, Suzanne Preston.
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Introduction: art, risk, and creativity. Art, risk, and identity. Art making : artists, subjects, technologies and media — Experiencing art : sight, site, and perspectives of viewing — If looks could kill : aesthetics and political expression — Embedding identity : marking the Ife body. Politics, representation, and regalia. A gallery of portrait heads : political art — Animal avatars : art, identity and the natural world — Crowning glory : the art and politics of headgear — Battling with symbols : scepters, staffs, and seats.

Subjects:

• Art, Yoruba — History.
• Art, Yoruba — Political aspects.
• Art and society — Nigeria — Ife.
• Ife (Nigeria) — Antiquities.
• Ife (Nigeria) — Civilization.
• Creative ability in technology — Nigeria — Ife.
• Yoruba. (DE-588)4079438-6 gnd
• Kunst. (DE-588)4114333-4 gnd
• Kreativität. (DE-588)4032903-3 gnd
• Kunstethnologie. (DE-588)4452785-8 gnd
• Gesellschaft. (DE-588)4020588-5 gnd
• Ife. (DE-588)4095889-9 gnd
• Nigeria. (DE-588)4042300-1 gnd

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