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An object’s biography – The Night of Djenné-Jeno
...one can imagine ‘grave robbers’ plundering graves beneath a tent in the pale glow of a camping lamp, whilst a full moon tries to illuminate their sinister goings-on.I took the...
An object’s biography – The Night of Djenné-Jeno
...one can imagine ‘grave robbers’ plundering graves beneath a tent in the pale glow of a camping lamp, whilst a full moon tries to illuminate their sinister goings-on.I took the...
The Myth of Provenance Research
When Historical Narratives Replace the Biography of an Object An artwork has a history. Yet this history does not reveal itself automatically. It must be reconstructed from traces, documents, memories,...
The Myth of Provenance Research
When Historical Narratives Replace the Biography of an Object An artwork has a history. Yet this history does not reveal itself automatically. It must be reconstructed from traces, documents, memories,...
When Evidence Becomes Undesirable – Methodologi...
"The uncertainty surrounding questions of dating has encouraged a proliferation of questionable expert opinions and authentications of high-quality copies, which continue to be produced not only in Benin City but...
When Evidence Becomes Undesirable – Methodologi...
"The uncertainty surrounding questions of dating has encouraged a proliferation of questionable expert opinions and authentications of high-quality copies, which continue to be produced not only in Benin City but...
The Tada Bronzes Between Archaeologically Docum...
The seated copper figure from Tada in the Nupe region of Nigeria has been regarded as one of the outstanding masterpieces of medieval West African metal sculpture ever since its...
The Tada Bronzes Between Archaeologically Docum...
The seated copper figure from Tada in the Nupe region of Nigeria has been regarded as one of the outstanding masterpieces of medieval West African metal sculpture ever since its...
Beyond Portraiture: Relational Image Logic in t...
"Stellen die Idia Elfenbein Masken wirklich Frauen dar oder doch eher Männer?”*1 From left to right: the mask in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the...
Beyond Portraiture: Relational Image Logic in t...
"Stellen die Idia Elfenbein Masken wirklich Frauen dar oder doch eher Männer?”*1 From left to right: the mask in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the...
An Answer to Digital Benin and its Postcolonial...
An Answer to Digital Benin and its Postcolonial Scholarship Digital Benin has emerged as one of the most comprehensive digital archives dedicated to the art and history of the former...
An Answer to Digital Benin and its Postcolonial...
An Answer to Digital Benin and its Postcolonial Scholarship Digital Benin has emerged as one of the most comprehensive digital archives dedicated to the art and history of the former...