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Face of the Gods Art and Altars of Africa and the African ~ Robert Farris Thompson Professor of the History of African and AfricanAmerican Art at Yale University has been working on this study of AfricanAtlantic altars for twentyfive years Face of the Gods is based on fieldwork in both Africa and the Americas in Mali Ghana Benin Nigeria Zaire the Central African Republic Angola Zimbabwe and South Africa on the eastern part of the Atlantic and in Cuba Haiti Puerto Rico Suriname the United States Brazil and Argentina on the

Face of the Gods Art and Altars of Africa and the African ~ Face of the Gods is based on fieldwork in both Africa and the Americas in Mali Ghana Benin Nigeria Zaire the Central African Republic Angola Zimbabwe and South Africa on the eastern part of the Atlantic and in Cuba Haiti Puerto Rico Suriname the United States Brazil and Argentina on the western

Face of the Gods Art and Altars of Africa and the African ~ Face of the Gods is based on fieldwork in both Africa and the Americas in Mali Ghana Benin Nigeria Zaire the Central African Republic Angola Zimbabwe and South Africa on the Robert Farris Thompson Professor of the History of African and AfricanAmerican Art at Yale University has been working on this study of AfricanAtlantic altars for twentyfive years

Face of the Gods Art and Altars of Africa and the African ~ Face of the Gods is based on fieldwork in both Africa and the Americas – in Mali Ghana Benin Nigeria Zaire the Central African Republic Angola Zimbabwe and South Africa on the eastern part of the Atlantic and in Cuba Haiti Puerto Rico Suriname the United States Brazil and Argentina on the western

Face of the Gods Art and Altars of Africa and the African ~ In this title he explores the variety of religious altars and shrine objects found in Africa and its diaspora His book is richly illustrated with hundreds of color photos and is written in the same direct style as his previous effort Flash of the Spirit African and AfroAmerican Art and Philosophy Random 1987

Face of the gods art and altars of Africa and the ~ Face of the gods art and altars of Africa and the African Americas Robert Farris Thompson Museum for African Art New York Thompson examines the altar traditions in cultures from the Atlantic coast region of Africa South America the Caribbean and the United States

Face of the Gods Art and Altars of Africa and the African ~ Face of the Gods Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas is organized by the Museum for African Art New York Gallery Parallelogram building by Gunnar Birkerts Upper Gallery Year 1998

Face of the Gods Art and Altars of Africa and the African ~ Above all he traces the tradition of the flag altar and its extraordinary transformation among the maroons of Suriname in northern South America The largest chapter of Face of the Godsvirtually a book in itself is an exploration oi Yoruba religion and its descendants in the Americas from Cuba to Brazil to the Bronx and New Jersey

Face of the Gods The Artists and Their Altars ~ C Daniel Dawson Face of the Gods Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas presented approximately eighteen altars composed of more than 100 African and AfricanAmerican artworks Originating at the Museum for African Art in New York City September 24 1993January 9 1994 the exhibition has traveled to the Seattle