| Description |
xi, 476 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Ties that Bind: The Psychology and Power of Art -- 1. Vodun Art, Social History, and the Slave Trade -- 2. Audiences, Artists, and Sculptural Activators -- 3. Design in Desire: Transference and the Arts of [actual symbol not reproducible] -- 4. Bodies and Being: Anatomy, Anamnesis, and Representation -- 5. The I and Not-I in Artistic Expressions of the Self -- 6. Alchemy and Art: Matter, Mind, and Sculptural Meaning -- 7. Surface Parergon and the Arts of Suturing -- 8. The Force of Genre: Sculptural Tension and Typology -- 9. Power, Art, and the Mysteries of Rule -- Conclusions, Concomitants, and Comparisons -- Appendix: Collections and Stylistic Features |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-461) and index |
| Subject |
Sculpture -- Benin -- Religious aspects.
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Sculpture -- Togo -- Religious aspects.
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Sculpture -- Nigeria -- Benin -- Religious aspects.
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Sculpture -- Benin.
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Sculpture -- Religious aspects.
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Sculpture -- Nigeria -- Benin.
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Sculpture, Benin
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Sculpture, Black -- Benin.
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Sculpture, Black -- Togo.
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Sculpture, Primitive -- Benin.
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Sculpture -- Togo.
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Sculpture, Primitive -- Togo.
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| LC no. |
94002180 |
| ISBN |
0226058581 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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