Arturo Lindsay (editor)

SanterĂ­a aesthetics in contemporary Latin American art / edited by Arturo Lindsay. - Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1996. - 306 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Preface / From Africa to the Americas: Art in Yoruba Religion / From Ulkumi to Lucumi: A Historical Overview of Religious Acculturation in Cuba / Afro-Cuban Orisha Worship / Toward an Ethnoaesthetics of Santeria Ritual Arts: The Practice of Altar Making and Gift Exchange / Rereading Lam / Juan Boza: Travails of an Artist-Priest, 1941-1991 / Ashe in the Art of Ana Mendieta / Orishas: Living Gods in Contemporary Latino Art / Eleggua at the (Post?)Modern Crossroads: The Presence of Africa in the Visual Art of Cuba / Oggun: Proposals Starting from a Video / Johnnetta B. Cole -- Arturo Lindsay -- Babatunde Lawal -- Isabel Castellanos -- Miguel "Willie" Ramos -- David H. Brown -- Julia P. Herzberg -- Ricardo Viera and Randall Morris / Edited by Randall Morris and Julie Edwards -- Mary Jane Jacob -- Arturo Lindsay -- Gerardo Mosquera -- Gloria Rolando -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Signifyin' Saints: Sign, Substance, and Subversion in Afro-Brazilian Art / Henry John Drewal. 11.

1560986441 (alk. paper) 1560986158 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Art and religion--Latin America.
Santeria in art.
Yoruba (African people)--Religion--Influence.
Art, Latin American--20th century.

701.04 / L748s