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The indigenous and the foreign in Christian Ethiopian art : on Portuguese-Ethiopian contacts in the 16th-17th centuries : papers from the Fifth International Conference on the History of Ethiopian Art (Arrábida, 26-30 November 1999) / edited by Manuel João Ramos ; with Isabel Boavida.
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- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- International Conference on the History of Ethiopian Art (5th : 1999 : Arrabida, Portugal)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Ethiopian--16th century--Congresses.
- Art, Ethiopian.
- Art, Ethiopian--17th century--Congresses.
- Christian art and symbolism--Ethiopia--Congresses.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Art, Ethiopian--Foreign influences--Congresses.
- Art--Political aspects--Ethiopia--Congresses.
- Art.
- Art--Political aspects.
- Ethiopia.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 181 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., [2004]
- Contents:
- Part 1 Architecture and Urbanism
- 1 A Tale of Four Cities: Late-16th and Early-17th Century Ethiopian Capitals and their Turkish, Portuguese and Indian Connections / Richard Pankhurst 3
- 2 Ethiopian and Jesuit Monumental Stone Architecture in the Lake Tana Basin: A Preliminary Assessment / LaVerle Berry 16
- 3 Foreign Influences and Local Contribution in Gondarian Architecture / Fasil Giorghis 30
- 4 Portuguese and Indian Influences on the Architecture of the Lake Tana Region: An Inquiry into the Role of Ganata Iyasus / Ian Campbell 37
- 5 The Monastery of Martula Maryam: Questions and Speculations about its Architecture and Ornamentation / Paul B. Henze 49
- Part 2 Icon and Mural Paintings
- 6 Place, Space and Representation in 18th-Century Gondarine Painting / Tania C. Tribe 61
- 7 Ethiopian Warrior Saints in 18th-Century Miniatures and their Significance in the Cultural History of Ethiopia / Stanislaw Chojnacki 73
- 8 The Use of Occidental Engravings in Ethiopian Painting in the 17th and 18th Centuries / Claire Bosc-Tiesse 83
- 9 An Analysis of 17th-Century Ethiopian Pigments / Anais Wion 103
- 10 Ahmad Grann and the Portuguese in Ethiopian Folk Painting / Girma Fisseha 113
- Part 3 Decorative Arts
- 11 The Portuguese Import of Luxury Textiles to Ethiopia in the 16th and 17th Centuries and their Subsequent Artistic Influence / Michael Gervers 121
- 12 Imported Textiles in Ethiopian Traditions / Martha H. Henze 135
- 13 The Cross brought to Goa and Portugal by Libna Dingil's Envoy Mathew / Isabel Boavida 146
- 14 A Military Helmet and Mail Shirt at Dabra Warq, Goggam: Two Historic Objects of Probable Earlier Portuguese Provenance / Stephen Bell 152.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-175) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0754650375
- OCLC:
- 53459096
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