Christian art and African modernity / editors, Nicholas J. Bridger & John Picton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bridger, Nicholas J. (Nicholas James), editor.

Picton, John, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian art and symbolism--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Modern period, 1500-.

Christian art and symbolism.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Physical Description:

372 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Glienicke : Galda Verlag, 2020.

Summary:

"The growth of Christianity is one of the major themes of modern African history, yet the emergence of a Christian visual art across the sub-Saharan region has largely been overlooked. (The exception, of course, is Ethiopian Christianity, which has a substantial literature.) This book presents a series of papers dealing with developments in many countries, particularly in the provision of an art that has its place within a liturgical context, and thus situated at the core of Christian ritual practice. Perhaps inevitably, the project of 'inculturation' within the local modernities of sub-Saharan Africa, is a history of both success and failure. In this regard, there is an emphasis on developments in Nigeria (following from the research interests of the editors); but it is hoped that this book will provide the stimulus to further research and publication. Whatever the ups and downs of the histories these papers present, Christianity has proved to be a context in which some works of art of world art-historical significance have been brought into existence"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Christian art and African modernity / John Picton

Decolonizing Christian art in the making of a global Church / Nicholas J. Bridger, Celso Costantini

Divinely-inspired Akan state chairs / Courtnay Micots

Yoruba angels and other flying beings / Elisha P. Renne

From missionary art to African Christian art : objects from the Spiritan Fathers' Missions in late colonial Angola / Ana Rita Amaral

From Yorubaland to County Down : a summary of The Kevin Carroll Collection of Yoruba Art at Dromantine Retreat and Conference Centre, Newry, Northern Ireland / Catie Cadge-Moore

Lost in plain sight : searching for the legacy of Kevin Carroll and the Oye-Ekiti Workshop / Nicholas J. Bridger

The search for indigenous Christian images in Nigerian Roman Catholic Churches / Chinyere Ndubuisi

Christianity, Urhobo religious culture, and the work of Bruce Onobrakpeya / Philomina U. Ofuafo

From Ekiti to Ebute-Metta / Will Rea

Basil Igwegbe - Art and church patronage in contemporary Nigeria / Eli Bentor

The Art of Father Engelbert Mveng SJ / Annette Schemmel

Indigenized Christian art of Zambian painter Emmanuel Nsama / Andrew Mulenga

Father John Groeber's Art Workshop at Serima Mission and its impact on the Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture Movement / Elizabeth Morton

Zimbabwe stone sculpture and the Christian Nativity / Hans Dietrich Huebert, Gillian Ziegner

Reworking the Isenheim altarpiece in the Keiskamma Altarpiece / Brenda Schmahmann

The "Rediscovery" of religion in contemporary African art history / Nicholas J. Bridger

Appendix. Bruce Onobrakpeya's Stations of the Cross, St Paul's Church, Ebute Metta, Lagos / John Picton, Nicholas J. Bridger, Will Rea, Paul Wood.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783962031350

3962031359

OCLC:

1240702950

Publisher Number:

9783962031350