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Dreaming of Jerusalem : African Zion, the sacred art of Ethiopia.

Title
Dreaming of Jerusalem : African Zion, the sacred art of Ethiopia.
Publication
Fort Worth, Texas : InterCultura, c1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Simmons, Katina.
  • Grierson, Roderick.
  • Babatunde, Akin.
  • Mayah Productions.
  • InterCultura of Fort Worth.
  • CTCV Studios.
  • Addis Ababa University. YaʼItyop̣yā ṭenātenā meremer taqwām.
  • Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)
Description
1 videocassette (11 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
A brief survey of the art and history of Christianity in northern Ethiopia, beginning with the founding myth of the Solomonic dynasty: the story of the Queen of Sheba and her son Menelik. Using photos and documentary footage, the film reviews the culture of Ancient Axum, architecture under the 13th century Zagwe king Lalibela, the development of Ethiopian Christian painting and manuscript illumination through the Gondar era, and concludes with the crowning of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1930.
Alternative Title
African Zion, the sacred art of Ethiopia
Subject
  • Art, Ethiopian
  • Christian art and symbolism > Ethiopia
  • Christianity > Ethiopia
  • Ethiopia > Antiquities
  • Ethiopia > History > To 1490
  • Ethiopia > History > 1490-1889
  • Ethiopia > History > 1889-1974
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Credits (note)
  • Mayah Productions, CTCV Studios for InterCultura Inc., in association with the Institute of Ethiopian Studies of Addis Ababa University and the Walters Art Gallery of Baltimore, Md. ; producer, Katina Simmons ; writer, Roderick Guerison ; narrator, Akin Babatunde.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-1163
OCLC
42295308
Title
Dreaming of Jerusalem : African Zion, the sacred art of Ethiopia.
Imprint
Fort Worth, Texas : InterCultura, c1993.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videocassette
Credits
Mayah Productions, CTCV Studios for InterCultura Inc., in association with the Institute of Ethiopian Studies of Addis Ababa University and the Walters Art Gallery of Baltimore, Md. ; producer, Katina Simmons ; writer, Roderick Guerison ; narrator, Akin Babatunde.
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Added Author
Simmons, Katina.
Grierson, Roderick.
Babatunde, Akin.
Mayah Productions.
InterCultura of Fort Worth.
CTCV Studios.
Addis Ababa University. YaʼItyop̣yā ṭenātenā meremer taqwām.
Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)
Other Title
African Zion, the sacred art of Ethiopia
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-1163
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