Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and PhilosophyThis 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. |
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| Название | Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy Vintage Series |
| Автор | Robert Farris Thompson |
| Издание: | иллюстрированное |
| Издатель | Vintage Books, 1984 |
| Владелец оригинала: | Мичиганский университет |
| Оцифровано | 9 янв 2010 |
| ISBN | 0394723694, 9780394723693 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 317 |
| Экспорт цитаты | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |