location of Benin art remains a controversy over whether it should be returned to its place of origin. It is vital to observe the “encounter” between (Woods‚ 2008‚ ‘THE ART OF BENIN’‚ p.7) Europe and the kingdom of Benin‚ when the Benin artefacts were initially plundered and confiscated in the “‘punitive expedition’” (Mackie‚ 2008‚ ‘1897: the ‘punitive expedition’‚ p.23). The British opinion of the Benin people as a “savage and brutal” (Loftus‚ 2008‚ The British Museum and the Benin ‘antiquities’
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Why is the ownership of Benin Art so controversial? The ownership of Benin Art could have been so controversial for a number of reasons. Most notably I would say‚ is due to the Anthropologists seeing it as a cultural insight into the history of Benin however when people were introduced to start looking at the artefacts from also a more artistic approach‚ this‚ for the anthropologists was taking the cultural effect away from it. Some people may have felt hostile to how these artefacts were obtained
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MUSEUMS AND THEIR VOICES A CONTEMPORARY STUDY OF THE BENIN BRONZES WRITTEN BY Charlotta Dohlvik SUPERVISORS Staffan Lundén and Peter Davis Master’s Dissertation‚ May 2006 International Museum Studies‚ Museion‚ Göteborg University 1 ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. BACKGROUND ...........................................................................
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Altar to the Hand (Ikegobo) of Ezomo Ehenua 18th–19th century Nigeria; court of Benin Brass Here we have an interesting piece from modern day Nigeria. Press play for a formal description‚ the historical background‚ and an explanation of the meaning of various aspects of this object. Formal Description: This sculpture is truly a remarkable work in many senses. As a whole‚ it is sculpted in the round. The figures on top of the piece are also sculpted in the round. The figures surrounding
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Read carefully Reading 2.6‚ ‘Works of Art from Benin City’‚ in Book 3 Chapter 2 and look closely at Plate 3.2.27‚ Plate showing four sixteenth century brass plaques from Benin’‚ in the illustration book. With close attention to both‚ discuss reasons why the ownership and location of the art of Benin have been controversial and continue to be so. The Places which home the artwork of Benin have and continue to cause controversy. They did not always as they did in the late nineteenth century languish
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1904). Plate 3.2.25: The display of Benin bronzes at the Horniman Museum is viewed now as works of art instead of pieces of anthropology as they were in 1903 a ‘war booty’. Bronze commemorative heads representing ancient sovereigns‚ ceremonial costumes‚ insignias and royal personal objects which marked the Oba’s position‚ naturally figure at the heart of the exhibition in Paris. The national museum in Britain‚ displays with the full agreement of the Benin people. Plate 3.2.26: Horniman gave it
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of classical culture in the Renaissance. The first and possibly one of the most famous female nude sculptures is Praxiteles’ The Venus de Milo. It was likely created between 130 and 100 BC‚ although the exact date of origin is a source of some controversy. Discovered in 1820‚ the nude torso enabled her to be identified as Aphrodite‚ the Roman Venus‚ goddess of love and beauty. Her serene expression‚ high breasts and calm pose show the classical influences in Praxiteles’ style‚ but her elongated silhouette
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Art is a thing that often surrounds us. It is now everywhere: in museums‚ magazines‚ plays‚ musicals‚ pictures‚ movies‚ TV and so on. When we want to see some professional and historical artworks‚ we usually go to museums. Some go there to see something that they are interested in. Some go there to study the artworks. Some might go there just to kill time. Because not everyone is a specialist on artworks‚ sometimes there are some explanations for artworks. The controversy about the explanations
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Chapter One The Art of Benin I I. Introduction A. Cultural Encounters Between Europe and Benin from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Century 1. The trade in objects in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries 2. The imperial confrontations of the late nineteenth century 3. The engagement with ideas about art in the twentieth century B. European Contacts with Benin Europeans first became aware of the existence of Benin through Portuguese traders in the fifteenth century. The accounts left behind indicate
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Benin once known as Dahomey (until 1975) is one of Africa’s most well structured democracies. Within it holds a slender piece of territory stretching North for about 400 miles. The river that constructs a portion of Benin’s Northern margin with Niger is the Niger River. It is lined to the east by the Nigeria northwest by Burkina Faso and west by Togo. Benin’s official capital is Porto Novo. Cotonou is not only Benin’s largest city but it’s also its largest chief port and its de facto administrative
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