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Africa and Byzantium

Achi, Andrea Myers. Book - 2023 Adult Book / Nonfiction / Art / History / Achi, Andrea Myers, 709.609 Ac None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from November 19, 2023-March 3, 2024; and at the Cleveland Museum of Art from April 14-July 21, 2024
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors to the catalogue -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Note to the reader -- Timeline -- Boundaries and borders -- From Carthage to Aksum: Africa in late antiquity -- Byzantine Egypt -- Byzantine North Africa -- The Kingdoms of Nubia -- The Aksumite Empire -- Black Africans of the Mediterranean -- Bright as the sub: Africa after Byzantium -- Post-Byzantine Africa -- Post-Byzantine Egypt -- Nubia, Byzanitum, and Beyond -- Legacies: Black Byzantium -- Ethiopia and Byzantium -- Ethiopian Icons -- Artistic Renaissance in Christian Ethiopia -- Contemporary reflections -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photography credits
"Art history has long emphasized the glories of the Byzantine Empire (circa 330-1453), but less known are the profound artistic contributions of North Africa, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, and other powerful African kingdoms whose pivotal interactions with Byzantium had a lasting impact on the Mediterranean world. Bringing together a range of masterworks--from mosaic, sculpture, pottery, and metalwork to luxury objects, paintings, and religious manuscripts--this exhibition recounts Africa's central role in international networks of trade and cultural exchange. With artworks rarely or never before seen in public, Africa & Byzantium sheds new light on the staggering artistic achievements of medieval Africa. This long-overdue exhibition highlights how the continent contributed to the development of the premodern world and offers a more complete history of the vibrant multiethnic societies of north and east Africa that shaped the artistic, economic, and cultural life of Byzantium and beyond." -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website

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