The British MuseumSede Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG - MappaInformazioni Tel +44 (0)20 7323 8299 | information@britishmuseum.org | http://www.britishmuseum.org/ Comunicato stampa evento: Kingdom of Ife. Sculpture from West AfricaDal giovedì 04 marzo 2010al domenica 06 giugno 2010
This major exhibition presents exquisite examples of brass, copper, stone and terracotta sculpture from West Africa.
The Kingdom of Ife (pronounced ee-fay) was a powerful, cosmopolitan and wealthy city-state in West Africa (in what is now modern southern Nigeria). Ife flourished as a political, spiritual, cultural and economic centre in the 12th–15th centuries AD, and was an influential hub of local and long-distance trade networks. The exhibition features superb pieces of Ife sculpture, drawn almost entirely from the magnificent collections of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria. The artists of Ife developed a refined and highly naturalistic sculptural tradition in stone, terracotta, brass and copper to create a style unlike anything in Africa at the time. The technical sophistication of the casting process is matched by the artworks’ enduring beauty. The human figures portray a wide cross-section of Ife society and include images of youth and old age, health and disease, suffering and serenity. 4 March - 6 June 2010 The British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG Tel +44 (0)20 7323 8299 information@britishmuseum.org http://www.britishmuseum.org/ |
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