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Benin / Barbara Plankensteiner.
Penn Museum Library N7399.N5 P53 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plankensteiner, Barbara.
- Series:
- Visions d'Afrique. English
- Visions of Africa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Bini--Nigeria--Benin City.
- Art, Bini.
- Art metal-work--Nigeria--Benin (Kingdom).
- Art metal-work.
- Nigeria.
- Benin (Kingdom)--Antiquities.
- Benin (Kingdom).
- Antiquities.
- Africa--Benin (Kingdom).
- Nigeria--Benin City.
- Physical Description:
- 129 pages, 54 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Milano : 5 continents, 2010.
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- Summary:
- Explores the history, iconography, and function of pre-colonial royal art of the Benin Kingdom (Nigeria), including color images of bronzes, ivories, and wood carvings.
- Contents:
- Art and history of the Benin Kingdom
- Introduction
- History and memory
- Art for the royal palace
- Glorious heroes and foreign visitors
- Sumptuous palace ceremonies
- The ruling structure
- Royal guilds and artist workshops
- Altars and deities
- The significance of Benin art in African art history
- Plates
- Plate captions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-129).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9788874394098
- 8874394098
- 9788874394104
- 8874394101
- OCLC:
- 681706420
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