African Zion : the sacred art of Ethiopia

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African Zion : the sacred art of Ethiopia

catalogue by Marilyn Heldman with Stuart C. Munro-Hay ; essays by Donald E. Crummey ... [et al.] ; edited by Roderick Grierson

Yale University Press, c1993

  • : pbk

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"In association with InterCultura, Fort Worth; the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa"--T. p.

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'African Zion: the sacred art of Ethiopia', the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, 17 October 1993-9 January 1994 ... [and other places]"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 256-270

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Volume

ISBN 9780300058192

Description

Ethiopian art is some of the most impressive and least well-known of the African continent, and this book is the first comprehensive introduction to it available in any language. It is the catalogue to an exhibition that will tour the United States from October 1993 to January 1996, and in it, a group of leading American, British and Ethiopian scholars in Ethiopian art and culture introduce and discuss a fascinating collection of work. The art ranges from the fourth to the eighteenth centuries, and includes panel paintings, illuminated manuscripts, coins, and metal and wooden processional crosses: most of the art is religious in origin, and it all shows a strong Byzantine influence. Many of these objects have never been reproduced before, and indeed many were rediscovered only within the last 20 years. Others are kept in inaccessible monasteries and churches in Ethiopia and have never been seen before outside of these locations. The book also includes, in addition to the reproductions of the art objects, a series of essays on differing aspects of Ethiopian culture and society, covering topics as diverse as the nature of the medieval Western legacy in Ethiopian culture; the political, social and economic history of the country; and the significance of style, iconography and patronage in Ethiopian art. It is a gripping and illuminating study of a little-known type of art which is only now achieving its true status.

Table of Contents

  • Aksum and the late antique heritage, Marilyn Heldman
  • the Zagwe Dynasty, Marilyn Heldman
  • the early Solomonic period, Marilyn Heldman
  • the later Solomonic period, Marilyn Heldman
  • Mary of Zion, Marilyn Heldman
  • ancient Greek perceptions, Richard Pankhurst
  • church and state in Ethiopia - the early centuries, Taddesse Tamrat
  • church and state in Ethiopia - the 16th to the 18th centuries, Donald Crummey
  • Ethiopic literature, Getatchew Haile
  • Ethiopian manuscripts and palaeography, Siegbert Uhlig
  • linear decoration in manuscripts, Carla Zanotti Eman
  • Aksumite coinage, Stuart Munro-Hay.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780300059151

Description

The art of highland Christian Ethiopia - with its icon paintings on wood, metal processional crosses, gold coins, and manuscripts - is largely unknown in the West. This book presents a survey of this art from the 4th to the 18th centuries, and addresses the function of art within Ethiopian society.

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