Robert Farris Thompson

Robert Farris Thompson

Robert Farris Thompson (born 1932) is the Colonel John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art at Yale University. Having served as Master of Timothy Dwight College since 1978, he is currently the longest serving master of a residential college at Yale.Thompson is America's most prominent scholar of African art, and has presided over exhibitions of African art at the National Gallery in Washington D. C.

Awards

In 2007, Thompson was given the "Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research" award, by the Congress on Research in Dance. [http://www.cordance.org/Awards.html]

Bibliography

* 1971 "Black Gods and Kings: Yoruba Art at UCLA"
* 1974 "African Art in Motion: Icon and Act in the Collection of Katharine Coryton White"
* 1974 "African Art and Motion: Art Illustrated Guide to the Exhibition"
* 1984 "Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy"
* 1993 "Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas"
* 2005 "Tango : The Art History of Love"

External links

* [http://www.yale.edu/td/admin/T.html Biography from the Yale Alumni Magazine]
* [http://www.yale.edu/td Timothy Dwight College]


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