A art and leadership in Ethiopia : a social history of art and visual culture in pre-modern Africa Jenkins, Earnestine. creator text bibliography mdu Lanham University Press of America c2008 2008 monographic eng

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xviii, 115 p., : ill., map ; 23 cm. Eighteenth century political culture in Shewan Province: chiefs, wars, and conquests -- Shewa's first patron of the arts: Amha Iyasus and his Miracles of Mary manuscript -- Ruler and saint: Asfa Wassan and holy man, Takla Haymanot: secular themes in late eigtheenth century manuscript painting -- King Sahle Selassie and the infrastructure of patronage in early nineteenth century Shewa -- Painting authority: a double portrait, shared power: the 'Queen Mother' and the king -- Sahle Selassie, iconography, and the ideal king: King David as a model of Christian leadership -- A 'killer of heathens' and a leader of men: Sahle Selassie, Christian warrior king -- Duty and leisure: King Sahle Selassie at court -- On a patriarchal note: painting history and honoring the father in Sahle Selassie's prayer book -- Coda the cultural legacy of the 'House of Shewa' Earnestine Jenkins. Rev. ed. of author's dissertation, Michigan State Univ., 1998. Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-110) and index. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ethiopian History 18th century Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ethiopian History 19th century Shewa Kifle H ager (Ethiopia) Kings and rulers Shewa Kifle H ager (Ethiopia) Social conditions Shewa Kifle H ager (Ethiopia) Intellectual life Shewa Kifle H ager (Ethiopia) History Ethiopia History 1490-1889 ND3285.7.A1 J46 2008 ETH 745.6709 Jen 2008 9780761838890 (pbk.) : 0761838899 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2007934501 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2007934501.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2007934501.html YDXCP 160308 20250521164652.0 14951801