Guide To The Benin Collection At The Penn Museum
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Guide To The Benin Collection At The Penn Museum
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Author : Kathy Curnow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
Guide To The Benin Collection At The Penn Museum written by Kathy Curnow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Art categories.
"This museum guide examines America's oldest collection of Benin art, and one of its least familiar. Ivory, brass, and wooden art from one of the greatest African precolonial states-the only sub-Saharan polity with 500 years of surviving art-are examined through contextual lenses that provide insight into the Edo people's creativity and world view. The guide also considers the collection's specific history and growth, and current plans to repatriate the artworks back to Nigeria's Benin Kingdom. For readers unfamiliar with Benin and its art, this introduces the complexities of the palace, its successive monarchs and chiefs, and interprets metaphorical motifs such as mudfish, leopards, and elephants. Artworks refer to family and court rivalries, as well as the strict court hierarchies that dictated who could use which materials and wear particular regalia. Interactions with the Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries, their impact on trade and luxury goods, and their introduction of Catholicism paint a portrait of a society that absorbed only what they found useful and flourished in both war and peace. Those conversant with Benin and African art will encounter rarities that have not been widely published. Previously unpublished archival material provides insider gossip regarding major collectors and individuals who shaped the field of African art history. The history of the call for restitution of artworks that were looted in the kingdom's 1897 British invasion is considered, as is the Penn Museum's current position regarding their repatriation. Appendices list the kingdom's monarchs, explain how to "read" images on a figurative ivory tusk that once stood on a royal ancestral altar, and guide interpretations of the style of the hundreds of plaques that once decorated the palace. Contextual photos and text references prevent an ahistorical view of this long-lived and fascinating kingdom and its rich cultural history, one that will draw in those familiar and unfamiliar alike"--
Benin Museum Guide
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Author : National Museum (Benin City, Nigeria)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Benin Museum Guide written by National Museum (Benin City, Nigeria) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with categories.
Royal Art Of Benin
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Author : Kate Ezra
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 1992
Royal Art Of Benin written by Kate Ezra and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Art categories.
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Iyare Splendor And Tension In Benin S Palace Theatre
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Author : Kathy Curnow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-09-22
Iyare Splendor And Tension In Benin S Palace Theatre written by Kathy Curnow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-22 with categories.
This exhibition catalogue explores the art of Nigeria's Benin Kingdom via theatrical metaphors that echo palace settings, performers and ceremonies. It also considers what happens during non-celebratory moments of preparation and relaxation, the impact Benin art and culture have on surrounding regions, and how they both recovered from the 1897 British invasion and have spread their reach world-wide. The catalogue concentrates on the collection of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, but also features loan objects and extensive field photographs, reconstructive drawings and maps. An index, glossary and extensive bibliography are included. The catalogue was a seminar project for the IYARE! exhibition held at the Penn Museum in 2008; Curnow wrote the chapter text and some catalogue entries, while students contributed other entries.
Royal Benin Art In The Collection Of The National Museum Of African Art
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Author : National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Release Date : 1987
Royal Benin Art In The Collection Of The National Museum Of African Art written by National Museum of African Art (U.S.) and has been published by Smithsonian Books (DC) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Architecture categories.
Benin Antiquities In The Peabody Museum
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Author : Earnest Albert Hooton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917
Benin Antiquities In The Peabody Museum written by Earnest Albert Hooton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with Benin categories.
Royal Art Of Benin
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Author : Kate Ezra
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Royal Art Of Benin written by Kate Ezra and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Art categories.
The Art Of Benin
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Author : Nigel Barley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Art Of Benin written by Nigel Barley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Art categories.
When the Portuguese made the first European contact with the west African kingdom of Benin in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, the kingdom was experiencing a golden age. Its authority on the Guinea Coast was expanding through military conquests, and during the sixteenth century it became a leading power in the region and a major trade partner for European merchants. Benin remained an influential independent state and a major political and economic power on the coast, though with periods of both decline and prosperity, until its conquest by the British in 1897. The arrival in Europe of the treasures from Benin produced an enormous sensation, causing a re-evaluation of and new appreciation for African art. This sumptuous photographic book showcases a series of specially taken photographs of key pieces in the British Museum's collection. It opens with an introduction to the kingdom, court and culture of Benin, which is followed by thematic sections including kingship, ceremony, women, Europeans, and animals. Throughout, stunning photographs of the works are featured alongside close-up details.
Exhibition Guide To National Museum Benin
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Exhibition Guide To National Museum Benin written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Art categories.
Benin
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Author : Armand Duchâteau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Benin written by Armand Duchâteau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Art categories.
"The ancient kingdom of Benin lies in the tropical rain forest of West Africa, in present-day Nigeria. During its classical age, from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century, it produced one of the continent's most glorious artistic legacies. To reflect the splendor of the royal court, the Oba (king) commissioned highly skilled artisans to create rare and beautiful works of cast brass and carved ivory. These included human and animal figures, relief plaques, elephant tusks, pendants, bracelets, life-size commemorative heads of Obas and queen mothers, and ceremonial objects to adorn the royal palace and the altars honoring Obas of the past. The exquisite brass heads were intended to function as objects celebrating ancestors, as war trophies, and as focal points for sacrificial ceremonies." "This volume presents a superb selection of artifacts from the Museum fur Volkerkunde in Vienna, home to one of the world's foremost collections of Benin art. Most of these artifacts were acquired at the end of the last century, when the influx of Benin objects into Europe after the destruction of Benin City caused a sensation among art experts and caught the interest of museum representatives and private collectors. Of the more than one hundred works reproduced here in full color, the majority have never been seen as a group in the U.S. Most celebrated are the cast brass sculptures - including the two figures of dwarfs - which have no parallel in sub-Saharan Africa." "A history of the kingdom of Benin up to the British punitive expedition of 1897 provides insight into the politics and culture of one of Africa's greatest civilizations. Further chapters discuss the court hierarchy, the art of brasscasting, the art of Benin and its symbolism, and the history of the Benin Collection in Vienna. To interpret the rich symbolism in Benin art, the book furnishes detailed analyses of the works that are reproduced. In his description of myths and ritual observances, the author presents a fascinating cosmology, in which animals were assigned magical and medicinal powers, and the Oba was seen as an intermediary between the earth and the world of spirits."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved