Sachgebiete

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XIII; 330 S.; zahlr. Illustr. (auch farbig); 29 cm; kart.

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Gutes Ex., Einband berieben; anfangs wenige Bleistift-Anstreichungen. - Englisch. - INHALT : Foreword by Philippe de Montebello ---- Preface by Klaus G. Perls ---- Acknowledgments ---- Maps ---- Introduction ---- BENIN ALTARS ---- Heads of Kings ---- Queen Mother Heads ---- Terracotta Heads ---- Royal Altar Tusks ---- Figures ---- Altar Tableaus ---- Roosters ---- Rattle-Staffs ---- Bells ---- Altar Rings ---- Altars to the Hand ---- PALACE PLAQUES ---- Palace Plaques ---- COURT AND CEREMONIAL OBJECTS ---- Pectorals, Hip Ornaments, and Waist Pendants ---- Bracelets ---- Staffs of Office ---- Hand-held Clappers ---- Ivory Trumpets ---- Healing and Divining Instruments ---- Brass Vessels and Implements ---- Ivory Containers and Implements ---- Wood Boxes and Coconut-shell Containers ---- Stools and Chairs ---- ART OF YORUBA KINGDOMS ---- Owo ---- Ijebu Appendix ---- Chronology of Benin Kings Glossary Bibliography Index. // ... The art of Benin is unique in African art. Primarily made of cast brass and carved ivory, it provides an unbroken record of the artistic heritage of one of West Africa's greatest kingdoms. It is a royal art, made to glorify the divine king, or Oba, and to honor the great kings of the past. In addition to the powers and prerogatives of kingship, the art of Benin expresses the roles and ranks of the myriad chiefs, titleholders, priests, court officials, and attendants who constitute the kingdom's complex administrative and ritual hierarchy. The kingdom of Benin and its art have flourished over half a millennium, and perhaps more than any other art in Africa, that of Benin consciously invokes its history. It portrays past people and alludes to past events that have contributed to the kingdom's power, wealth, and conceptual or spiritual greatness. The themes of history, politics, and, most importantly, divine kingship are inextricably woven into the fabric of Benin art. This catalogue and the exhibition it accompanies mark the donation of one of the finest and most extensive collections of Benin art in private hands, that of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ? (S. 1) ISBN 0870996339