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100 1 $aBlier, Suzanne Preston.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81060834
245 14 $aThe royal arts of Africa :$bthe majesty of form /$cby Suzanne Preston Blier.
260 $aNew York :$bH.N. Abrams,$c1998.
263 $a9803
300 $a272 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color), maps ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aPerspectives
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Paradoxes of Rule --$g1.$tThe Benin Kingdom: Politics, Religion, and Natural Order --$g2.$tYoruba and Dahomey: Divine Authority and the Arts of Royal History --$g3.$tThe Asante Kingdom: The Golden Ages of Ghana --$g4.$tCameroon Grasslands: Royal Art Patronage in Contexts of Change --$g5.$tKongo and Kuba: The Art of Rulership Display --$tConclusion: The Continuing Vitality of Africa's Courtly Arts.
520 $aIn West and Central Africa in the centuries just before and after European contact, powerful kingdoms flourished, each with its own distinct art practices. The royal arts of Benin, Yoruba, Dahomey, Asante, Kongo, Kuba, and others are the subject of this book. What are the court-art traditions of the African royal states? How do art and architecture define individual, dynastic, royal, and national identity? What is the impact on them of centuries of trade, colonization, and religious exchange?
520 8 $aHow is this art to be understood within its cultural context?
520 8 $aBlier draws on a vast range of individual objects - crowns and masks, thrones and regalia, palace architecture, painting, textiles, body decoration, and jewelry - as well as archival photographs of art works in use in ceremonies and performances. Using detailed descriptions she offers a subtle cultural reading of these complex arts.
520 8 $aBlier's thoughtful and expert examination goes beyond particular visual analysis to explore vital questions of royalty and power, divine kingship, state cosmology, the place of women at court, and the use of art in dynastic history, diplomacy, and war.
650 0 $aArt, Black$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
650 0 $aEthnic art$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
830 0 $aPerspectives (Harry N. Abrams, Inc.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94079107
830 0 $aPerspectives.
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