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Art of Ethiopia / introduction by C. Griffith Mann.

Title: Art of Ethiopia / introduction by C. Griffith Mann.
Publication: London : Sam Fogg, ©2005.

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128 pages : color illustrations, color map; 30 cm

Summary

"The unique character of Ethiopian art is the legacy of its situation high in the mountains, on the Horn of Africa. Though remote and often isolated it evolved a tradition in response to contacts with Byzantine, European and Islamic cultures. Beginning in the twelfth century, elaborate crosses were cast and engraved in iron and bronze. Painted and carved icons were produced in a tradition that reached its peak at the end of the seventeenth century. Above all it is illustrated manuscripts which have provided the most defining expression of Ethiopian Christianity."--Jacket.

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exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

Published to accompany an exhibition at PaceWildenstein, New York, 18 - 29 October 2005.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Ethiopia: an introduction -- Crosses -- Icons -- Manuscripts.

ISBN

0954901460
9780954901462

OCLC

62191598
SCSB-10052852

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Harvard Library