Art, Innovation, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Benin

Frisches und sauberes Exemplar in sehr gutem Zustand. Exemplaire frais et propre en tr�bon �t. Contents - The Study of 18th-Century Benin Art - Kings and Chiefs in the 17th and 18th Centuries - Art and Innovation in the 18th Century - Obas Ewuakpe, Akenzua I and Eresoyen in 18th-Century Art and Tradition - Art as Political Strategy - Glossary of Names - Glossary of Terms "In the mid-seventeenth century, a crisis in royal succession threatened the stability of the ruling dynasty in Benin. Not until the eighteenth century were Benin's reigning monarchs secure from the challenges of powerful local chiefs. Surprisingly, this century of social and political turmoil coincided with a period of striking artistic innovation and achievement. Making use of archival and oral resources, Paula Girshick Ben-Amos questions to what extent art operates as political medium. How do objects acquire political meaning? How does the use of art enhance and embody power and authority? Ben-Amos demonstrates that it is possible to tease out the poitical meaning of material objects and thereby illuminate connections between art and politics." ISBN 9780253335036