Art and religion in Africa /
Africa's religious and artistic traditions constitute a primary example of its intellectual and cultural vitality. Artistic works play a vital role - especially where oral traditions dominate - in communicating ideas about the relationship between the human, spiritual and natural worlds. This w...
| Основен автор: | Hackett, Rosalind I. J. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York :
Cassell,
1998.
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| Серия: |
Religion and the arts series.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=242884 |
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Print version::
Art and religion in Africa. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction
- Creation, creativity and agency
- Envisioning and (re)presenting the spirit world
- Ethos, cosmos and hierarchy
- Revealing and concealing: the art of initiation and secret societies
- The aesthetic as antidote and transformer
- Shrines as ritual and aesthetic space
- Allusion and illusion: the rituals and symbols of death and beyond
- Conclusion: Winds of change.