{"product_id":"flash-of-the-spirit-african-and-afro-american-art-and-philosophy-paperback","title":"Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Farris Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book reveals how five distinct African civilizations have shaped the specific cultures of their New World descendants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis landmark book shows how five African civilization have informed and are reflected in the aesthetic, social and metaphysical traditions of black people in the United States, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Mexico, Brazil, and other places in the New World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Farris Thompson is the author of, among other works, \u003ci\u003eBlack Gods and Kings, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfrican Art in Motion, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFlash of the Spirit. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has been a Ford Foundation Fellow and has mounted major exhibitions of African art at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. He is Col. John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art at Yale University, where he is also Master of Timothy Dwight College. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 317\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.06 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 1984\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687114149951,"sku":"9780394723693","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5c9585b3c27b41ac3430ff7f5b9ec69b.webp?v=1764977505","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/flash-of-the-spirit-african-and-afro-american-art-and-philosophy-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}