A Kingly Craft: Art and Leadership in Ethiopia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761838890)

A Kingly Craft is a significant contribution to the interdisciplinary fields of African art history and visual studies. Ethiopian illuminated manuscripts have been regarded as remarkable expressions of Christian art and material culture. However, until recently, the elite art form of manuscript production has not been rigorously examined within specific social, cultural, and political contexts. This work is an innovative study of eighteenth and nineteenth century manuscript painting during a critical period of Ethiopian history known as the "Era of the Princes."

Author: Earnestine Jenkins
ISBN-10: 0761838899
ISBN-13: 9780761838890
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2008
Pages: 126
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.94h x 5.95w x 0.48d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 279