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9780810927056

Royal Arts Of Africa: The Majesty of Form (Perspectives), The (Trade Version)

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    9780810927056

  • ISBN10:

    0810927055

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-01-01
  • Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
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Summary

Blier draws on a vast range of individual objects--crowns, 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, to reveal the court-art traditions of Africa in all their living splendor. 206 illustrations, 140 in color. 8 plans. 6 maps. Bibliography, Glossary, and timeline.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Paradoxes of Rule 11(32)
Surveying African Royal Art 11(5)
African Courts and the Colonial Legacy: Buganda and Mangbetu 16(8)
Studies in African Kingship 24(2)
The Sacred King as Sinner King 26(3)
The King as All-Knowing and the King as Fool 29(3)
The Model King as an Idiom of Royal Imperfection 32(2)
The Healing King as Sorcerer and Transsexual 34(2)
The Progenitor King as Royal Appropriator 36(7)
ONE The Benin Kingdom: Politics, Religion, and Natural Order
43(36)
Dynastic Heads and Models of Status
43(7)
Art and Architecture in the Reign of Ewuare
50(5)
The Benin Palace Complex and Bird Imagery
55(3)
Turret Pythons: Icons of Transition
58(2)
Pillars of Brass: History and Ceremony in the Palace Plaques
60(4)
Sixteenth-Century Ritual Gongs and the Art of Body Masking
64(2)
Royal History and Ritual in the Reign of Esigic
66(2)
The Royal Altar: The Art of Dynastic Display
68(3)
Art in the Reign of Eresonyen
71(8)
TWO Yoruba and Dahomey: Divine Authority and the Arts of Royal History
79(46)
Yoruba Beadworking Arts: Dressing the King
79(4)
Palaces and Royal Prerogative
83(4)
Arts of Divination and the Fate of Kings and Commoners
87(5)
Gods of Thunder and Twins
92(2)
Masked Personifications of Royal Authority
94(2)
Badges of Counter-Royal Authority
96(2)
Dahomey: "Leopard" Rulers and the Arts of Dynastic History
98(3)
Royal Ritual and Architectural Planning under King Agaja
101(4)
King Tegbesu: Political and Ritual Organizer of the Court
105(2)
The Artist King, Agonglo
107(3)
King Guezo: Royal Usurper and Political Strategist
110(2)
Dahomey's Lion King and Man of Iron: King Glele
112(8)
The Final Years of Monarchy: Kings Gbehanzin and Agoli Agbo
120(5)
THREE The Asante Kingdom: The Golden Ages of Ghana
125(40)
The Capital's Architecture and the Construction of Status
125(8)
The Role of River Gods in State Religion
133(1)
The Golden Stool: Seating a Sacred King
133(4)
Queen Mother Figures and the Power of Gender
137(2)
Regalia and the Art of Display
139(7)
The Art of Weighing and Storing Gold
146(6)
Communicating Value with Cloth: Royal Textile Traditions
152(3)
Funerary and Fertility Arts: Links between Past and Future
155(7)
Popular Traditions: Drums and Banners
162(3)
FOUR Cameroon Grasslands: Royal Art Patronage in Contexts of Change
165(36)
King Njoya: Royal Visionary and Artistic Mentor
165(4)
Thrones: "Richness of Beads"
169(5)
A Bamum Dynastic Chronology
174(2)
Palace Architecture: The Patterning of Space
176(3)
Capitaline Plans, Social Spaces, and Spider Divination
179(2)
Sculptural Programs and Court Society
181(4)
Kings as Sculptors: Portraits of the Court
185(4)
Motherhood, Vessels, and Ideas of Royal Fecundity
189(1)
Court Masquerades: Extending Royal Power through Performance
190(3)
Ndop Cloth: Festival Textiles
193(3)
Artists' Workshops and the Art of Drinking Palm Wine
196(5)
FIVE Kongo and Kuba: The Art of Rulership Display
201(48)
The Kongo Kingdom
201(28)
The Architecture of the Capital: Framing Time and Place
202(2)
Kongo Kings as Leopards: Rulers of the Forest
204(3)
Early Missionary Contacts: Kongo Crosses and Saint Figures
207(4)
The Language of Royal Knife Scepters and Vessels
211(1)
Ancestral Music and Horns of Ivory
211(3)
Textile Arts and Themes of Transition
214(2)
Royal Mannequins and Memorials to the Dead
216(4)
Portraits of Royal Women in Stone and Wood
220(2)
Arts of Power, Protection, and Popular Response
222(7)
The Kuba Kingdom
229(20)
Competing for Status in Courtly Art
229(2)
Kuba Artist Kings: Expressions in Iron and Costume
231(1)
Dynastic Myths and the Symbolism of Thrones
232(1)
Royal Portrait Sculptures
233(3)
Initiation and Funerals: The Kuba Art of Dynastic Masking
236(5)
Royal Divination Arts: Communicating Nature's Insights
241(1)
The Architecture of Weaving: Palaces and Spatial Patterns
242(7)
CONCLUSION The Continuing Vitality of Africa's Courtly Arts 249(3)
TIMELINE 252(8)
GLOSSARY 260(1)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 261(5)
PICTURE CREDITS 266(2)
INDEX 268

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