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Title

African royal court art / Michèle Coquet ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.

Author

Coquet, Michèle.

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.

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Description

181 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 29 cm.

Summary

In this work, anthropologist Michele Coquet presents the power and the brilliance of African court art. Grounding her analysis in the social and historical context of traditional royalty systems, Coquet examines the diverse roles played by artisans, nobles, and kings in the production and use of royal objects. From the precolonial kingdoms of the Edo and the Yoruba, the Ashanti and the Igbo, Coquet reconstructs the essential cultural connections between art, representation, and sovereignty.

Uniform Title

Arts de cour en Afrique noire. English

Alternative Title

Arts de cour en Afrique noire.

Subject

• Art, Black > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Symbolism in art > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Art and state > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Narrative art > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Africa, Sub-Saharan > Art patronage
• Africa, Sub-Saharan > Portraits

Genre/Form

• Portraits
• Hofkunst.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-177) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Empires, kingdoms, and chieftaincies : the king's singularity -- Few conceptions of the portrait -- History told in images -- Insignia of sovereignty and court objects -- Elements of archaeology and history -- Map of empires, kingdoms, and cities -- Map of ethnic groups cited.

ISBN

0226115755 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^98005071^

OCLC

38295141

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library