The Brutish Museums - The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution (Paperback)

New York Times 'Best Art Books' 2020 'Essential' - Sunday Times 'Brilliantly enraged' - New York Review of Books 'A real game-changer'- Economist Walk into any Western museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all stolen. Few artefacts embody this history of rapacious and extractive colonialism better than the Benin Bronzes - a collection of thousands of metal plaques and sculptures depicting the history of the Royal Court of the Obas of Benin City, Nigeria. Pillaged during a British naval attack in 1897, the loot was passed on to Queen Victoria, the British Museum and countless private collections. The Brutish Museums sits at the heart of a heated debate about cultural restitution, repatriation and the decolonisation of museums. Since its first publication, museums across the western world have begun to return their Bronzes to Nigeria, heralding a new era in the way we understand the collections of empire we once took for granted.

General

Imprint:	Pluto Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2021
Authors:	Dan Hicks
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-7453-4622-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Conservation, restoration & care of artworks Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Promotions
LSN:	0-7453-4622-7
Barcode:	9780745346229

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