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Author Wysocki Gunsch, Kathryn

Title The Benin Plaques : a 16th Century Imperial Monument
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (276 pages)
Series Routledge Research in Art History
Routledge research in art history.
Contents Cover; Half Titel; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 A brief overview of politics, art and European contacts; 3 Threat and creativity: the political context for Esigieâ#x80;#x99;s commission; 4 Remembrance and memorial: methods of commemorating history in Benin art; 5 Patterns of authorship: the workshop method and architectural installation of the plaque corpus; 6 The installation of the plaque corpus under Esigie and Orhogbua; 7 Conclusion: a theory that covers the facts; Annex 1: plaques by flange-pattern category
Annex 2: flange patterns by sub-typeAnnex 3: views of reconstructed palace; Annex 4: list of plaques by institution; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
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Subject Art, Bini-16th century
Bronzes, Bini.
Bronzes-Nigeria-Benin
Bronzes, Bini
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351254564
1351254561