Raymond A Silverman
Biographic Data
| ID | 86627 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raymond A Silverman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raymond A |
| FAMILY NAME | Silverman |
| SIGNATURE | SILVERMAN R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Do Masquerade
The Lower Niger Bronzes
For the past sixty years, one of African art history's most intriguing “problems” has been sorting out the temporal and spatial relationships among a diverse corpus of cast copper alloy artifacts from southern Nigeria collectively known as the Lower Niger Bronze Industry (LNBI). As an undergraduate at UCLA in the early 1970s, I remember sitting in Arnold Rubin's survey of the arts of West Africa and listening to him speak about these enigmatic cu…
Coda
The study of the visual arts in Ghana has come a long way in the last sixty years. The contributions to this special issue of Ghana Studies are a testimony to the vitality of this field of inquiry and, as Nii Quarcoopome has noted, the expansion of the canon. Having considered the past and present
Reflections on the 1970s
Art historian and graphic designer, Gilbert Amegatcher, recalls his years as a student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He then discusses his early career as a curator with the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB). His comments include references to his teachers and fellow students at KNUST as well as to other artists who played important roles in creating a visual identity f…
Contemporary Art in Ghana
Artist-intellectual, poet, mathematician, and educator, kąrî’kạchä seid’ou reflects upon the experiences and thinking that have informed his innovative and revolutionary work as an artist, educator, and social activist. His efforts over the last thirty years have been instrumental in transforming the visual arts in Ghana, creating a crucible for creativity that is unprecedented on the African continent
Doran Ross
Doran Ross was arguably the leading scholar of Akan art and visual culture, who, over the course of a very productive forty-five-year career, published eight books, over forty articles and book chapters, and countless shorter pieces dealing with the arts of the Akan and, on occasion, other parts of Ghana. References to his scholarship abound in the works of many scholars who have been writing about Akan art over the last half century, including t…
Of Chiefs, Tourists, and Culture
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Material Biographies
This article explores the lives of several copper alloy vessels (bowls, basins, and ewers), made in Egypt and England, that were carried across the Sahara just before the dawn of the European age of exploration, and that eventually found their way to central Ghana. It considers how and why prestige metal goods, some of them produced for specific individuals, became trade commodities that traveled thousands of kilometers, ending up in Akan communi…
African Art and the Shape of Time
March 01 2013 African Art and the Shape of Time Prita Meier, Prita Meier Prita Meier is Assistant Professor of African art at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on the visual culture of east African port cities. She has a book in preparation titled Architecture of the Elsewhere: Swahili Port Cities, Empire and Desire and has published in African Arts, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Art-forum, and Arab …
Icons of Devotion/Icons of Trade
March 01 2009 Icons of Devotion/Icons of Trade: Creativity and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary “Traditional” Ethiopian Painting Neal Sobania, Neal Sobania Neal Sobania is a professor of history at Pacific Lutheran University and executive director of the Wang Center for International Programs. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Raymond Silverman Raymond Silverman Raymond Silverman is professor of a…
Ethiopian orthodox visual culture in the age of mechanical reproduction
This research note examines the impact of mechanically reproduced religious images, particularly chromolithographs and photographs, on Ethiopian Orthodox visual culture. It argues that these new technologies, while initially embraced by the Church, also presented challenges to traditional artistic practices and theological interpretations. The note explores how these reproductions were integrated into existing devotional practices, transformed th…
Crafts and technologies
"Crafts and technologies: some traditional craftsmen and –women in the western grasslands of cameroon. part 4: handicrafts, music and the fabric of social life Knöpfli, Hans." Material Religion, 2(2), pp. 247–248
Arab American National Museum
Guest Editor’s Introduction
Background and aim: Nursing- and healthcare-associated pneumonia (NHCAP) is a new concept, proposed by the Japanese Respiratory Society in 2011 (Kohno S, et al. Respir Investig 2013; 51:103-126). It is a modification of the healthcare-associated pneumonia described for the US to more accurately reflect the situation in Japan. The optimal treatments for NHCAP are still unclear. Although NHCAP patients often have drug-resistant pathogens, it has be…
Mining a Mother Lode
Our primary concern in this essay is with reconstructing the history of material culture. As anyone who has ever looked into the material culture of Ethiopia quickly discovers, the travel accounts of early European visitors can be a rich and varied source for illuminating any number of such traditions, including those of metal-, leather-, basket-, and woodworking, as well as pottery, weaving, and painting. Dating from the first part of the sixtee…
Painting Ethiopia”
Schooled in the fifteen-hundred-year-old painting tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and ever sensitive to its narrative and iconographic requirements, Ethiopian artist Qes Adamu Tesfaw has managed to transcend the formulas that tradition requires him to embrace. By giving up the priesthood and turning to painting full-time, the artist has also found the freedom to venture outside the realm of religious subject matter to produce work that…
The Ones That Are Wanted
Teaching the Contemporary
Sidney L. Kasfir, Kate Ezra, Babatunde Lawal, Raymond A. Silverman, Christopher D. Roy, Teaching the Contemporary: Disjunctures and Accommodations, African Arts, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Autumn, 2001), pp. 10+88-90
Ethiopia
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Ethiopia
Art and Life in Africa
Art That Heals
Zerihun Yetmgeta
African Metalwork
State and Society in Pre-Colonial Asante
Perspectives
Images from Bamum
Material Biographies
This article explores the lives of several copper alloy vessels (bowls, basins, and ewers), made in Egypt and England, that were carried across the Sahara just before the dawn of the European age of exploration, and that eventually found their way to central Ghana. It considers how and why prestige metal goods, some of them produced for specific individuals, became trade commodities that traveled thousands of kilometers, ending up in Akan communi…
Ethiopian orthodox visual culture in the age of mechanical reproduction
This research note examines the impact of mechanically reproduced religious images, particularly chromolithographs and photographs, on Ethiopian Orthodox visual culture. It argues that these new technologies, while initially embraced by the Church, also presented challenges to traditional artistic practices and theological interpretations. The note explores how these reproductions were integrated into existing devotional practices, transformed th…
Icons of Devotion/Icons of Trade
March 01 2009 Icons of Devotion/Icons of Trade: Creativity and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary “Traditional” Ethiopian Painting Neal Sobania, Neal Sobania Neal Sobania is a professor of history at Pacific Lutheran University and executive director of the Wang Center for International Programs. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Raymond Silverman Raymond Silverman Raymond Silverman is professor of a…
The Presence of Islam Among the Akan of Ghana
The primary geographical focus for the historical study of Islam in west Africa, until recently, was the western and central Sudan. As the often-cited J. S. Trimingham wrote (1962:7) “The Guinea States in the south lie outside our sphere since they were not in contact with the Sudan states and were uninfluenced by Islam.” Trimingham's conclusion paralleled those of early twentieth-century French and English scholars who dealt with the issue of Is…
African Art and the Shape of Time
March 01 2013 African Art and the Shape of Time Prita Meier, Prita Meier Prita Meier is Assistant Professor of African art at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on the visual culture of east African port cities. She has a book in preparation titled Architecture of the Elsewhere: Swahili Port Cities, Empire and Desire and has published in African Arts, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Art-forum, and Arab …
Arab American National Museum
Ethiopia
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State and Society in Pre-Colonial Asante
African Art in American Collections
Red Gold of Africa
Contemporary Art in Ghana
Artist-intellectual, poet, mathematician, and educator, kąrî’kạchä seid’ou reflects upon the experiences and thinking that have informed his innovative and revolutionary work as an artist, educator, and social activist. His efforts over the last thirty years have been instrumental in transforming the visual arts in Ghana, creating a crucible for creativity that is unprecedented on the African continent
Mining a Mother Lode
Our primary concern in this essay is with reconstructing the history of material culture. As anyone who has ever looked into the material culture of Ethiopia quickly discovers, the travel accounts of early European visitors can be a rich and varied source for illuminating any number of such traditions, including those of metal-, leather-, basket-, and woodworking, as well as pottery, weaving, and painting. Dating from the first part of the sixtee…
Painting Ethiopia”
Schooled in the fifteen-hundred-year-old painting tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and ever sensitive to its narrative and iconographic requirements, Ethiopian artist Qes Adamu Tesfaw has managed to transcend the formulas that tradition requires him to embrace. By giving up the priesthood and turning to painting full-time, the artist has also found the freedom to venture outside the realm of religious subject matter to produce work that…
Object and Intellect Interpretations of Meaning in African Art
Red Gold of Africa
Bono Brass Casting
Perspectives
The Presence of Islam Among the Akan of Ghana
The primary geographical focus for the historical study of Islam in west Africa, until recently, was the western and central Sudan. As the often-cited J. S. Trimingham wrote (1962:7) “The Guinea States in the south lie outside our sphere since they were not in contact with the Sudan states and were uninfluenced by Islam.” Trimingham's conclusion paralleled those of early twentieth-century French and English scholars who dealt with the issue of Is…
Object and Intellect Interpretations of Meaning in African Art
Images from Bamum
All That's Gold Does Not Glitter
A Portrait "Mask" of President Nnamdi Azikiwe
The Arts of Africa
African Art in American Collections
African Metalwork
State and Society in Pre-Colonial Asante
Zerihun Yetmgeta
Art That Heals
Art and Life in Africa
Ethiopia
Teaching the Contemporary
Sidney L. Kasfir, Kate Ezra, Babatunde Lawal, Raymond A. Silverman, Christopher D. Roy, Teaching the Contemporary: Disjunctures and Accommodations, African Arts, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Autumn, 2001), pp. 10+88-90
Ethiopia
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The Ones That Are Wanted
Guest Editor’s Introduction
Background and aim: Nursing- and healthcare-associated pneumonia (NHCAP) is a new concept, proposed by the Japanese Respiratory Society in 2011 (Kohno S, et al. Respir Investig 2013; 51:103-126). It is a modification of the healthcare-associated pneumonia described for the US to more accurately reflect the situation in Japan. The optimal treatments for NHCAP are still unclear. Although NHCAP patients often have drug-resistant pathogens, it has be…
Mining a Mother Lode
Our primary concern in this essay is with reconstructing the history of material culture. As anyone who has ever looked into the material culture of Ethiopia quickly discovers, the travel accounts of early European visitors can be a rich and varied source for illuminating any number of such traditions, including those of metal-, leather-, basket-, and woodworking, as well as pottery, weaving, and painting. Dating from the first part of the sixtee…
Painting Ethiopia”
Schooled in the fifteen-hundred-year-old painting tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and ever sensitive to its narrative and iconographic requirements, Ethiopian artist Qes Adamu Tesfaw has managed to transcend the formulas that tradition requires him to embrace. By giving up the priesthood and turning to painting full-time, the artist has also found the freedom to venture outside the realm of religious subject matter to produce work that…
Crafts and technologies
"Crafts and technologies: some traditional craftsmen and –women in the western grasslands of cameroon. part 4: handicrafts, music and the fabric of social life Knöpfli, Hans." Material Religion, 2(2), pp. 247–248
Arab American National Museum
Icons of Devotion/Icons of Trade
March 01 2009 Icons of Devotion/Icons of Trade: Creativity and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary “Traditional” Ethiopian Painting Neal Sobania, Neal Sobania Neal Sobania is a professor of history at Pacific Lutheran University and executive director of the Wang Center for International Programs. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Raymond Silverman Raymond Silverman Raymond Silverman is professor of a…
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