Ethiopian Painting of King Takla Haymanot's War with the Dervishes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9025627 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Pankhurst (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 64-88 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Arts (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9933 • E-ISSN: 1937-2108 |
| Publisher | MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/afar.2006.39.2.64 |
| OpenAlex | W2013329766 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
n the late 1960s or early 1970s, an American traveller, Joseph * Knopfelmacher, acquired an im mense and very remarkable * Ethiopian painting on cloth a that was later purchased by the L Samuel P. Ham Museum of Art at the University of Florida in Gainesville. This painting, which is far larger than any known work of its kind, is made up of six pieces of cloth, four large and two small. Together they form a monumental work more than 25' (7.6m) wide and more than 4' (1.2m) high.' This painting (Harn Museum No. 2003.3.3), which is apparently unique, resembles other works of its genre in that it is strictly two-dimensional in charac ter and lacks any attempt at perspec tive. The size of each figure is thus a function not of his distance from the ob server, but of his political, military, or other importance. The painting is devoted to the gran deur and military prowess of King Takla Haymanot of Gojjam (1847-1901). It fea tures a jihad of the period, which had re cently erupted: the Dervish invasion from the Sudan, the Ethiopian monarch's hero ic march to war, and the destruction by the enemy of part of the Ethiopian capi tal, Gondar
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Painting · Visual arts · African history and culture analysis · History
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2018 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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