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Author : Suzanne Preston Blier
Release : 1998
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Royal Arts of Africa by : Suzanne Preston Blier
Download or read book Royal Arts of Africa written by Suzanne Preston Blier. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in Great Britain 1998 by Calmann and King Ltd."-- T.p.
Author : Suzanne Preston Blier
Release : 1998
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 819/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Royal Arts of Africa by : Suzanne Preston Blier
Download or read book The Royal Arts of Africa written by Suzanne Preston Blier. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on a range of individual objects and archival photos to explore questions of royalty and power, divine kingship, cosmology, and use of art in the African royal states.
Author : Kathleen Bickford Berzock
Release : 2008
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Benin by : Kathleen Bickford Berzock
Download or read book Benin written by Kathleen Bickford Berzock. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 15th century, the Kingdom of Benin (located in present-day southwestern Nigeria) established a mercantile relationship with Portugal, significantly increasing its wealth and might. Benin became a regional powerhouse and, under a long lineage of divine rulers, or obas, it wielded great economic and political influence. The obas also supported guilds of artists--chief among them brass casters and ivory carvers--whom they employed to produce objects that honored royal ancestors, recorded history, and glorified life at court. The sophisticated creations of Benin’s royal artists stand among the greatest works of African art. This stunning book features a selection of Benin’s extraordinary artworks that range from finely cast bronze figures, altar heads, and wall plaques to ivory tusks, pendants, and arm cuffs embellished in detailed bas relief. An insightful essay outlines the kingdom’s history and sheds light on these masterworks by describing their production and function in the context of the royal court.
Author : Michèle Coquet
Release : 1998-12-01
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 757/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis African Royal Court Art by : Michèle Coquet
Download or read book African Royal Court Art written by Michèle Coquet. This book was released on 1998-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this visually stunning work, anthropologist Michèle Coquet presents the power and the brilliance of African court arts. Grounding her analysis in the social and historical context of traditional royalty systems, Coquet examines the diverse roles played by artisans, nobles, and kings in the production and use of royal objects. From the precolonial kingdoms of the Edo and the Yoruba, the Ashanti and the Igbo, Coquet reconstructs from a comparativist view the essential cultural connections between art, representation, and the king. More than ornamentation, royal objects embodied the strength and status of African rulers. The gold-plated stools of the Ashanti, the delicately carved ivory bracelets of the Edo-these objects were meant not simply to adorn but to affirm and enhance the power and prestige of the wearer. Unlike the abstract style frequently seen in African ritual art, realism became manifest in courtly arts. Realism directly linked the symbolic value of the object-a portrait or relief-with the physical person of the king. The contours of the monarch's face, his political and military exploits rendered on palace walls, became visual histories, the work of art in essence corroborating the ruler's sovereign might. Richly illustrated and wonderfully detailed, Coquet's influential volume offers both a splendid visual presentation and an authoritative analysis of African royal arts. "[This] beautiful and exciting book emphasizes the skillful court art of the Benin, Dahomey, and the Kongo. A very interesting and unusual approach to the art of the continent that has been too easily situated 'outside of history.'"—Le Figaro
Author : Kate Ezra
Release : 1992
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 339/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Royal Art of Benin by : Kate Ezra
Download or read book Royal Art of Benin written by Kate Ezra. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tantalizing trivia. this Hitler, spoiling everything?"
