Bibliography of Yoruba Sculpture (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Bibliography of Yoruba SculptureThe richness and complexity of this sculpture is a function of many interrelated fac tors: over five million people divided into ethnic sub-groups unified by language, an old and unusual tradition of urbanism, an extensive pantheon of spirits (orisa), at least twelve of which call for sculptural forms recognized across Yorubaland, an elab orate cosmology, a complex social and political organization, a frequent interaction of sculpture, music, and dance, and a well-developed sense of artistic quality. Only recently, however, have scholars begun to communicate the originality of Yoruba artis tic thought and the complexity of iconography, and to classify sculpture into styles and schools.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.