Author: Achi, Andrea Myers
Title: Africa and Byzantium
Description: New York / New Haven, The Metropolian Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2023. Hardcover. Square Quarto. Bound with green cloth in illustrated jacket. Illustrated end papers. 351 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. "Art history has long emphasized the glories of the Byzantine Empire (circa 330-1453), but less known are the profound artistic contributions of North Africa, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, and other powerful African kingdoms whose pivotal interactions with Byzantium had a lasting impact on the Mediterranean world. Bringing together a range of masterworks--from mosaic, sculpture, pottery, and metalwork to luxury objects, paintings, and religious manuscripts--this exhibition recounts Africa's central role in international networks of trade and cultural exchange. With artworks rarely or never before seen in public, Africa & Byzantium sheds new light on the staggering artistic achievements of medieval Africa. This long-overdue exhibition highlights how the continent contributed to the development of the premodern world and offers a more complete history of the vibrant multiethnic societies of north and east Africa that shaped the artistic, economic, and cultural life of Byzantium and beyond." -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website. As new.

Keywords: African Art ; Byzantium in Africa ; ; Museum Exhibitions - African Art


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