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Robert Farris Thompson (1932 — present) 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 considered one of the most notable American experts on African art, and has presided over exhibitions of African art at the National Gallery in Washington D. C.
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- 1971 Black Gods and Kings: Yorubo 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
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