Composing time and space in Yoruba art

Margaret Thompson Drewal; Henry John Drewal

doi:10.1080/02666286.1987.10435383

Composing time and space in Yoruba art

Margaret Thompson Drewal, Henry John Drewal

Performance Studies

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Abstract

A survey of the verbal and visual arts ofYoruba peoples of West Africa suggests that there is an aesthetic preference for a certain form of composition and, further, that this form corresponds to Yoruba social organization. For scholars to identify corresponding forms in art and in social order is not new (Adams 1980: 92).¹ Fernandez (1971: 357) in a discussion of Durkheim's theories, raises this important issue:.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	225-251
Number of pages	27
Journal	Word and Image
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02666286.1987.10435383
State	Published - Jan 1 1987

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Linguistics and Language
Literature and Literary Theory

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