基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1994. Examines the artworks of the contemporary vodun cultures of southern Benin and Togo in West Africa as well as the related woudou traditions of Haiti, New Orleans, and historic Salem, Massachusetts.
Full Description
In this study, Blier examines the artworks of the contemporary "vodun" cultures of southern Benin and Togo in West Africa, as well as the related "voudou" traditions of the Americas. Blier employs theoretically sophisticated psychological, anthropological and art historical approaches to explore the contrasts inherent in the "vodun" arts - commoners versus royalty, popular versus elite, "low" art versus "high". She examines the relation between art and the slave trade, the psychological dynamics of artistic expression, the significance of the body in sculptural expression and indigenous perceptions of the psyche.
Contents
Acknowledgments Linguistic Note IntroductionPsychology 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 Sources Notes Bibliography Index
