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Title : Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy
ISBN : 0394723694
Release Date : 1984-08-12
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ISBN : 0394723694
Release Date : 1984-08-12
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Flash of the Spirit African AfroAmerican Art Flash of the Spirit African AfroAmerican Art Philosophy Robert Farris Thompson on FREE shipping on qualifying offers This landmark book shows how five African civilizations—Yoruba Kongo Ejagham Mande and Cross River—have informed and are reflected in the aesthetic Flash of the Spirit African AfroAmerican Art Philosophy One of the very best books about African aesthetics and philosophy and how they affected African American culture Superbly researched but also accessible Enormously valuable to art historians literary scholars African American Studies scholars anyone interested in Black culture and African cultures and general readers Flash of the Spirit African AfroAmerican Art Flash of the Spirit African AfroAmerican Art Philosophy Kindle edition by Robert Farris Thompson Download it once and read it on your Kindle device PC phones or tablets Use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading Flash of the Spirit African AfroAmerican Art Philosophy Flash of the Spirit by Robert Farris Thompson About Flash of the Spirit This landmark book shows how five African civilizations—Yoruba Kongo Ejagham Mande and Cross River—have informed and are reflected in the aesthetic social and metaphysical traditions music sculpture textiles architecture religion idiogrammatic writing of black people in the United States Cuba Haiti Trinidad Mexico Brazil and other places in the New World Flash of the spirit African and AfroAmerican art and Flash of the spirit African and AfroAmerican art and philosophy Flash of the spirit African and AfroAmerican art and philosophy by Thompson Robert Farris Publication date 1983 Topics Blacks AfroAmericans Arts Black AfroAmerican arts Publisher New York Random House Flash of the Spirit African and AfroAmerican Art and Thompson is one of the foremost academic experts of the topics associated with Yale university This is one of his seminal works detailing the sacred grace of african and afroamerican art Flash of the Spirit Levi Jordan Plantation Flash of the Spirit is about visual and philosophic streams of creativity and imagination running parallel to the massive musical and choreographic modalities that connect black persons of the western hemisphere as well as millions of European and Asian people attracted to and performing their styles to Mother Africa Aspects of the art and philosophy of the Yoruba of Nigeria and the Republic of Benin the Bakongo of BasZaire and the neighboring Cabinda CongoBrazzaville and Angola Flash Of The Spirit African AfroAmerican Art Thompsons work on African retentions in New World artforms is seminal in the field of African Diasporan art history However Flash of the Spirit reads more like a best seller than a textbook Fascinating details and insights into the meanings of art from Haiti to Georgia to Brazil with excellent context for all objects