The Benin Plaques: A 16th Century Imperial Monument (Routledge Research in Art History)

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The 16th century bronze plaques from the dominion of Benin are a number of the so much recognized masterpieces of African art, and yet many main points in their commission and installation within the palace in Benin City, Nigeria, are little understood. The Benin Plaques, A 16th Century Imperial Monument is a detailed analysis of a corpus of just about 850 bronze plaques that were installed within the court of the Benin kingdom nowadays of its greatest political power and geographic succeed in. By examining European accounts, Benin oral histories, and the physical evidence of the extant plaques, Gunsch is the primary to propose an installation pattern for the series.

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