In this book; Suzanne Preston Blier examines the intersection of art; risk and creativity in early African arts from the Yoruba center of Ife and the striking ways that ancient Ife artworks inform society; politics; history and religion. Yoruba art offers a unique lens into one of Africas most important and least understood early civilizations; one whose historic arts have long been of interest to local residents and Westerners alike because of their tour-de-force visual power and technical complexity. Among the complementary subjects explored are questions of art making; art viewing and aesthetics in the famed ancient Nigerian city-state; as well as the attendant risks and danger assumed by artists; patrons and viewers alike in certain forms of subject matter and modes of portrayal; including unique genres of body marking; portraiture; animal symbolism and regalia. This volume celebrates art; history and the shared passion and skill with which the remarkable artists of early Ife sought to define their past for generations of viewers.
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