Modernist Art in Ethiopia (Paperback)

Short-listed for the Fage & Oliver Prize for outstanding scholarly work published on Africa. Finalist, African Studies Association Book Prize. Finalist, ASA Bethwell A. Ogot Prize for best book in east African studies. If modernism initially came to Africa through colonial contact, what does Ethiopia's inimitable historical condition--its independence save for five years under Italian occupation--mean for its own modernist tradition? In Modernist Art in Ethiopia--the first book-length study of the topic--Elizabeth W. Giorgis recognizes that her home country's supposed singularity, particularly as it pertains to its history from 1900 to the present, cannot be conceived outside the broader colonial legacy. She uses the evolution of modernist art in Ethiopia to open up the intellectual, cultural, and political histories of it in a pan-African context. Giorgis explores the varied precedents of the country's political and intellectual history to understand the ways in which the import and range of visual narratives were mediated across different moments, and to reveal the conditions that account for the extraordinary dynamism of the visual arts in Ethiopia. In locating its arguments at the intersection of visual culture and literary and performance studies, Modernist Art in Ethiopia details how innovations in visual art intersected with shifts in philosophical and ideological narratives of modernity. The result is profoundly innovative work--a bold intellectual, cultural, and political history of Ethiopia, with art as its centerpiece.

General

Imprint:	Ohio University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	New African Histories
Release date:	February 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Elizabeth W. Giorgis
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-0-8214-2347-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Design styles > Modernist design & Bauhaus
LSN:	0-8214-2347-9
Barcode:	9780821423479

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