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Book Review
Balthazar: A Black African King in Medieval and Renaissance Art
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1035-36
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Nethersole, Scott (Nethersole, Scott)
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Balthazar: A Black African King in Medieval and Renaissance Art Edited by Kristen Collins and Bryan C. Keene. 152 pp. incl. 121 col. ills. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2023), £35. ISBN 978–1–60606–785–7. | :
Book Review
Africa’s Struggle for Its Art: History of a Postcolonial Defeat
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 926
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Oost, Tabitha (Oost, Tabitha)
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Africa’s Struggle for Its Art: History of a Postcolonial Defeat By Bénédicte Savoy. 240 pp. incl. 11 col. + 6 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press, 2022), £25. ISBN 978–0–691–23473–1. | :
Article
The design of Cape Coast Castle and Dixcove Fort, Ghana
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 378-393
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Author:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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1. Detail of Fig.4, showing the double staircase, St George Castle, Elmina, Ghana. (Photograph the author).
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10. Gate, Fort St Anthony, Axim, Ghana. 1515, present structure before 1637. (Photograph the author).
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11. Bell gable in Western Spur, Cape Coast Castle, Ghana. 1771 or 1778. (Photograph the author).
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12. Northern Wing, Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, here attributed to Nicholas Lomax and Robert Spooner. 1773–78 and 1822–24. (Photograph the author).
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13. Part of the Northern Wing intended for a chapel, Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, here attributed to Nicholas Lomax and Robert Spooner. 1773–78 and 1822–24. (Photograph the author).
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14. West terrace, Bedford Square, London, by Thomas Leverton and others. 1775–83. (Photograph the author).
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15. Plan and elevation of a Country House in the Modern Taste. Engraving. (From J. Crunden: Convenient and Ornamental Architecture, London 1767; Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles).
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16. The Five Orders of Architecture. (From R. Dodsley: The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education, London 1769, I, between pp.176 and 177; Boston Public Library).
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17. Detail of Ground plan of Dix Cove Fort, by Justly Watson. 1756. Ink and coloured wash on paper, 29 by 47 cm. (National Archives, London).
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18. Plan of the Fort at Dix-Cove, by Thomas Pye. 1749. Ink and coloured wash on paper. (National Archives, London).
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19. Spur court, Dixcove Fort, Ghana. 1747–50. (Photograph the author).
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2. West tower, St George Castle, Elmina, Ghana. 1482. (Photograph the author).
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20. Detail of a bay on the northern range, Spur Court, Dixcove Fort, Ghana. (Photograph the author).
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21. Tuscan Order, by John Sturt. Engraving. (From S. Le Clerc: A Treatise of Architecture with Remarks and Observations, London 1732; Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles).
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22. Courtyard, Maison Pépin, Gorée, Senegal. 1780–84. (Photograph the author).
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3. The main gate, Christiansborg Castle, Osu (Accra), Ghana. 1790. (Photograph the author).
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4. The main courtyard and double staircase, St George Castle, Elmina, Ghana. Before 1665. (Photograph the author).
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5. View of Fort Royale du Senegal from the Coast of [. . .] Guinea. 1694. Ink and coloured wash on paper. (Archives Nationales d’Outre-Mer, Aix-en-Provence).
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6. View of Fort Christiansborg [Christiansborg Castle, Osu] from the Shore. March 1764. Ink and coloured wash on paper. (Danish National Archives).
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7. Ground plan of Cape Coast Castle, by Justly Watson. 1756. Ink and coloured wash on paper, 47 by 69 cm. (National Archives, London).
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8. Western block, Cape Coast Castle, Ghana. 1768. (Photograph the author).
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9. Interior of main entrance, Fort St Sebastian, Shama, Ghana. 1520–26, present structure 1640–42. (Photograph the author).
Book Review
The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV’s France. By Meredith Martin and Gillian Weiss
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1298
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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Murillo: Persuasion and Aura By Benito Navarrete Prieto. 348 pp. incl. 272 col. + 14 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, London, 2021), £149. ISBN 978–1–912554–40–9. | :
Article
The Emotan Panel in the Penn Museum
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 888-897
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Curnow, Kathy (Curnow, Kathy)
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1. Decorative plaque (the Emotan Panel), by Isaac O. Edokpolo. c.1959–66. Wood, 39 by 29.5 by 2 cm. (Penn Museum, Philadelphia).
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10. Detail of Fig.1, showing the medallion.
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11. Isaac O. Edokpolo’s business card. 9 by 7 cm. (Photograph Norma Wolff).
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12. Decorative plaque, by Isaac O. Edokpolo. Before 1966. Wood, approximately 38.53 by 26 cm. (Private collection; photograph Norma Wolff).
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2. Emotan, by John Alexander Danford. 1954. Bronze, height 182.9 cm. without base. (Photograph Barbara Blackmun, 1994).
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3. John Danford working on Emotan in his studio in Chelsea, London, 3rd April 1953. (Keystone Press; Alamy).
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4. A group of chiefs’ wives at a palace ceremony, their hair decorated with coral ornaments and brass feathers. 1994. (Photograph the author).
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5. The Emotan shrine as it appears today. (Photograph 21st June 2018, courtesy AllTimePost.com).
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6. The newly crowned O. ba of Benin Kingdom, Eheneden Erediauwa, is guided through a symbolic bridge by the palace chiefs during his coronation in Benin City, Nigeria, 20th October 2016. (Photograph Reuters / Akintunde Akinleye; Alamy).
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7. Decorative plaque, by Isaac O. Edokpolo. c.1960s. Wood, 30 by 28 cm. (Private collection; photograph Michael Graham Stewart).
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8. Carved container. Late 19th century. Coconut, height 12.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Prototype medallion for the London Royal Society of Arts, by Thomas Pingo. 1790. Silver, diameter 4.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Article
Global mission iconography in the Jesuit Church in Innsbruck (1636–66)
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 658-672
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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1. St Francis Xavier and the miracle of the crab. Second half of the seventeenth century. Oil on canvas. (Chapel of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Holy Trinity, Innsbruck).
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10. Design for the Francis Xavier altar, by Bartolomäus von Opstal. c.1666. Bistre, graphite, wash and reddish and ochre pigments on paper, 16.2 by 21 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
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11. Detail of Fig.5.
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12. Design for the Francis Xavier altar, by Bartolomäus von Opstal. c.1666. Black ink and reddish pigment on paper, 43.4 by 29.8 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
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13. Design for the Francis Xavier altar, by Bartolomäus von Opstal. c.1666. Black ink, reddish pigment and wash on paper, 42.2 by 24.1 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
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15. This illustration shows us the people and island which have been discovered by the Christian King of Portugal, by Johann Froschauer. 1505. Woodcut. (From A. Vespucci: Mundus Novus, Augsburg; Bridgeman Images).
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17. Detail of Fig.5.
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2. Vault of the Chapel of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Holy Trinity, Innsbruck, by Georg Braun and others. 1636. Stucco and gilding.
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4. Martyrdom of the Japanese saints Paul Miki, James Kisai and John de Goto, by Paul Pock. 1644. Oil on canvas, height 400 cm. (Church of the Holy Trinity, Innsbruck).
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5. Altar of the Chapel of St Francis Xavier, Church of the Holy Trinity, Innsbruck, by Bartholomäus von Opstal. 1666–68. Marble and gilded bronze, 690 by 400 cm. The altarpiece is Francis Xavier baptising an Indian nobleman, attributed to Heinrich Schönfeld. 1670. Oil on canvas, 250 by 175 cm.
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6. Detail of Fig.2, showing the map of India.
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7. A figure of the East Indies and adjacent islands. Hand-coloured engraving, 36 by 48.5 cm. From A. Ortelius: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp 1570. (Boston Public Library).
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8. A depiction of the islands of Japan. Hand-coloured engraving, 36 by 48.5 cm. From A. Ortelius: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp 1595. (Sanderus Antiquariaat, Ghent).
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9. Detail of Fig.2, showing the map of Japan.
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Xavierius’s dream of bringing help to the Indies, by Abraham van Diepenbeek. Engraving, 10.5 by 13.5 cm. (From Imago Primi Saeculi Societatis Iesu, Antwerp 1640).
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14. Design for the Francis Xavier altar. c.1666. Bistre, graphite and wash on paper. 44.9 by 30.9 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
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16. Design for a sculpture of St Francis Xavier for the Francis Xavier Altar. c.1666. Graphite, black ink and wash on paper, 42 by 24 cm. (Archives of the Jesuit College, Innsbruck).
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3. Plan of the Jesuit (now the University) Church, Innsbruck. 1781. Ink and watercolour on paper, 73.5 by 52 cm. (Tiroler Landesarchiv).
Exhibition Review
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 606-609
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Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
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Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington 8th April–29th November | :
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6. Detail from the Atlas of Maritime Charts (Catalan Atlas) showing Mansā Mūsā, by Abraham Cresques. 1375. Parchment. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS Espagnol 30; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Seated figure. c.1300. Copper with traces of arsenic, lead and tin, height 54 cm. (Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Abuja, Nigeria; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
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5. Glazed ceramic jar inscribed ‘albaraka’ (‘blessing’), produced at Murcia or Almeria. 1150–1200. (Musée archéologique de Rabat, Morocco; photograph Moroccan- American Project, Sijilmasa, 1988; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
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8. Jug with royal arms of England. English, c.1390– 99. Copper alloy, height 62.3 cm. (British Museum, London, England; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Book Review
Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art, 1965–2015. By Celeste-Marie Bernier
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 362-363
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Hylton, Richard (Hylton, Richard)
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Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art, 1965–2015 By Celeste-Marie Bernier. 344 pp. incl. 99 col. ills. (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2019),  70. ISBN 978–0–520–28653–5. | :
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5. Mr. Dial’s America, by Thornton Dial. 2011. Mixed-media assemblage, 188 by 246 by 23.5 cm. (Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta).
Publication Received
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II. From the Early Christian Era to the ‘Age of Discovery’. Part 2: Africans in the Christian Ordinance of the World
08/2012 | 1313 | 154
Pages: 587
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Blood, Anne (Blood, Anne)
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The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II. From the Early Christian Era to the ‘Age of Discovery’. Part 2: Africans in the Christian Ordinance of the World | editor: Bindman, David , editor: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
Publication Received
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume I. From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire
08/2012 | 1313 | 154
Pages: 587
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Blood, Anne (Blood, Anne)
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The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume I. From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire | editor: Bindman, David , editor: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
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