{"product_id":"flash-of-the-spirit-african-and-afro-american-art-and-philosophy-9780394723693","title":"Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy","description":"This 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649797132562,"sku":"9780394723693","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fa15b754-7efb-4ba1-9f3b-f6854ad7ad6f.jpg?v=1733274153","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/flash-of-the-spirit-african-and-afro-american-art-and-philosophy-9780394723693","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}