The Anatomy of Architecture: Ontology and Metaphor in Batammaliba Architectural Expression by Suzanne Preston Blier

The Anatomy of Architecture: Ontology and Metaphor in Batammaliba Architectural Expression

Suzanne Preston Blier

332 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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Blier illuminates the extraordinary architecture of the Batammaliba people of Western Africa, revealing these buildings as texts through which we can read the beliefs, psychology, traditions, and social concerns of their inhabitants. In doing so, ...

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