A kingly craft art and leadership in Ethiopia ; a social history of art and visual culture in pre-modern Africa
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| Format: | Abschlussarbeit Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Lanham [u.a.]
Univ. Press of America
2008
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-110) and index Eighteenth century political culture in Shewan Province : chiefs, wars, and conquests -- Shewa's first patron of the arts : Amha Iyasus and his Miracles of Mary manuscript -- Ruler and saint : Asfa Wassan and holy man, Takla Haymanot : secular themes in late eigtheenth century manuscript painting -- King Sahle Selassie and the infrastructure of patronage in early nineteenth century Shewa -- Painting authority : a double portrait, shared power : the 'Queen Mother' and the king -- Sahle Selassie, iconography, and the ideal king : King David as a model of Christian leadership -- A 'killer of heathens' and a leader of men : Sahle Selassie, Christian warrior king -- Duty and leisure : King Sahle Selassie at court -- On a patriarchal note : painting history and honoring the father in Sahle Selassie's prayer book -- Coda : the cultural legacy of the 'House of Shewa' |
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| Beschreibung: | XVIII, 115 S. Ill., Kt. 23 cm |