African Zion. The Sacred Art of Ethiopia By Marilyn Heldmann, Stuart C. Munro-Hay, Roderick Grierson
1996 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0300059159 | PDF | 169 MB
1996 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0300059159 | PDF | 169 MB
The art of highland Christian Ethiopia - with its icon paintings on wood, metal processional crosses, gold coins, and manuscripts - is largely unknown in the West. This book presents a survey of this art from the 4th to the 18th centuries, and addresses the function of art within Ethiopian society.