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Informationen zum Autor Earnestine Jenkins Klappentext 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." Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 List of Illustrations Chapter 2 Introduction: The Political and Visual Culture in Eighteenth Century Shewa: Chiefs, Patronage, and Early Images of Authority Chapter 3 Eighteenth Century Political Culture in Shewan Province: Chiefs, Wars, and Conquests Chapter 4 Shewa's First Patron of the Arts: Amha Iyasus and His Miracles of Mary Manuscript Chapter 5 Ruler and Saint: Asfa Wassan and Holy Man, Takla Haymanot: Secular Themes in Late Eighteenth Century Manuscript Painting Part 6 The Ninteenth Century: King Sahle Selassie and the Court Art Tradition Chapter 7 King Sahle Selassie and the Infrastructure of Patronage in Early Nineteenth Century Shewa Chapter 8 Painting Authority: A Double Portrait, Shared Power: the 'Queen Mother' and the King Chapter 9 Sahle Selassie Iconography, and the Ideal King: King David as a Model of Christian Leadership Chapter 10 A 'Killer of Heathens' and a Leader of Men: Sahle Selassie the Christian Warrior King Chapter 11 Duty and Leisure: King Sahle Selassie at Court Chapter 12 On a Patriarchal Note: Painting History and Honoring the Father in Sahle Selassie's Prayer Book Chapter 13 Coda: The Cultural Legacy of the 'House of Shewa' Part 14 Bibliography Part 15 Index
