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The Murang'a murals / edited by Harold F. Miller.

LIBRA N7988.9.K42 M87 2014
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Njau, Elimo, 1932- artist.
Miller, Harold F., editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Njau, Elimo, 1932---Themes, motives.
Njau, Elimo.
Jesus Christ--Art.
Jesus Christ.
Njau, Elimo, 1932-.
Mural painting and decoration, Kenyan--Kenya--Murang'a--20th century.
Mural painting and decoration, Kenyan.
Church decoration and ornament--Kenya--Murang'a--20th century.
Church decoration and ornament.
Christian art and symbolism--Africa, East.
Christian art and symbolism.
Themes, motives.
Africa, East.
Kenya--Murang'a.
Genre:
Art.
Physical Description:
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 x 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Nairobi, Kenya : H.F. Miller, [2014]
Contents:
The murals
Five poems / Pheroze Nowrojee
A Kenyan cleft stick : the historical setting / Harold F. Miller and James Foster
The Archbishop of Canterbury's tour of Kenya, 1955
Images of the invisible god in Murang'a / Diane Stinton
The artist in the religious context / Jesse N.K. Mugambi
Personality, religion, and politics in the art of Elimo Njau / William Jones
Paa ya Paa and the art scene in East Africa / Terry Hirst
About Rekyaelimoo (Elimo) Philipo Njau / Phillda Ragland Njau.
Notes:
Monograph on the murals at Saint James and All Martyrs Memorial Cathedral, Murang'a, Kenya, painted by artist Elimo Njau in 1959.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-70).
ISBN:
9781502942210
1502942216
OCLC:
1014344673

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