CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF YORUBA ART

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CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF YORUBA ART AND THE ARTISTIC PROCESS

Manifestations of beauty: outer and inner Beauty defined- EWA Manifestations of beauty: outer and inner Iwa—character, existence, essential nature Iwa l’ewa character is Beauty The useful, the functional, the complete, the appropriate Ori---The Head– Ori Ode-- outer head Ori Inu—Inner head (Houses the vital sense organs Site of personality center of spirituality Shrine, being, destiny)

Group of stylized abstract heads representing, inner spiritual head--site of personality Yoruba, (Ita Yemoo, Ife) Nigeria, terracotta, h. 13 cm(5 in); 19 cm(7.1/2 in); 16.5 cm (61/2 in) 16 cm (6 3/8 in)

Aesthetic parameters: Clarity Ephebism-youthfulness Completeness Shining smoothness Social and emotional proportion Polyrhythmic compositions Art as metaphor

Ibeji twin memorial figure, Yoruba, Nigeria Wood, 20th cent. (Yiyo) relative clarity, completeness, and visibility

Lajuwa, royal usurper Terra-cotta, Ife, Yoruba, 12/15th cent. (odo) Ephebism: relative youthfulness

Ooni, Leaded brass, Appr.18.in. Ife, Yoruba, 14/15th cent. (Pipe) completeness & emotional proportion

Head of a Queen, Ife, (Yoruba), Nigeria Terracotta, 12th-13th Century 800-700 BP (Before the Present)

-aesthetics of social proportion Sango Shrine Sculptures, Yoruba, Nigeria Wood, 20th cent. -aesthetics of social proportion

Adire, dyed cotton, Yoruba, SW Nigeria, 20th cent. polyrhythmic composition

Tangible World of the living—ile aye The Yoruba Universe 2 realms-- Tangible World of the living—ile aye Intangible realm of the departed—ode orun Eniyan—Human Ere—sculpture

Calabash representing the Yoruba cosmos, Oyo Yoruba, 19th cent. Carved Gourd

Ancestral Veneration Egungun masquerade, sequined applique, cotton, Yoruba Southwestern Nigeria, 20th century.

Sacred Rulership Oba William Ayeni, Orangun of Ila, with Ade Nla, the great crown

Duality and Gender Cooperation Edan Ogboni, Ijebu Yoruba, Brass, 19th/ 20th century

Ona—art, design, embellishment Ere—sculpture Pottery Weaving Dyeing Artistic Enterprise Ise Ona—work of art, Onisona—artist Ona—art, design, embellishment Ere—sculpture Pottery Weaving Dyeing Body art Painting Calabash engraving/incising Artistic Process

Laying the Design Patterns of Adire Cloth –Artistic Process 1& 2

Dyeing and drying the Fabric—stages 3&4

Finished Product

The painting process, Ile Ife, Nigeria

Oluorogbo shrine painting Ile Ife, Nigeria

Epa, Yoruba, Nigeria Wood, pigments 20th century

Painting the head of an infant In the ritual of “knowing the inner head”

Ilari-palace messengers, Oyo Nigeria 20th century

Olowo in ritual performance with braided head, Owo Nigeria

Sango Priest with braided hair Yoruba, Nigeria 20th century