Art of the Kingdom of Benin
1Benin art is the art from the Kingdom of Benin or Edo Empire (1440–1897), a pre-colonial African state located in what is now known as the Southern region of Nigeria. Primarily made of cast bronze and carved ivory, Benin art was produced mainly for the court of the Oba of Benin - a divine ruler for whom the craftsmen produced a range of ceremonially significant objects. The full complexity of these works can be appreciated only through the awareness and consideration of two complementary cultural perceptions of the art of Benin: the Western appreciation of them primarily as works of art, and their understanding in Benin as historical documents and as mnemonic devices to reconstruct history, or as ritual objects. This original significance is of great importance in Benin.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_the_Kingdom_of_Benin
Created with WikipediaReaderReborn (c) WikipediaReader
Other Videos By WikiReader
| 2021-08-26 | Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban |
| 2021-08-26 | Julianne Hough |
| 2021-08-26 | Mutsya |
| 2021-08-26 | OTRAG |
| 2021-08-26 | Bulgaria during World War II |
| 2021-08-26 | List of monuments in Rasuwa, Nepal |
| 2021-08-26 | Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir) |
| 2021-08-26 | Aa calceata |
| 2021-08-26 | The Temple of Fame |
| 2021-08-26 | Terellia bushi |
| 2021-08-26 | Art of the Kingdom of Benin |
| 2021-08-26 | Succisella inflexa |
| 2021-08-26 | Keith Nelson (rugby union) |
| 2021-08-26 | Grizzly Peak (Sawatch Range) |
| 2021-08-26 | Tony Witter |
| 2021-08-26 | Benguela Current |
| 2021-08-26 | Beaver Bay |
| 2021-08-26 | Esteban Obiang |
| 2021-08-26 | Italian declaration of war on the United States |
| 2021-08-26 | Jordan Pond |
| 2021-08-26 | Paromalus durangoensis |