Ancient Benin Sculpture

The great aesthetic and historical significance of these artworks to the people of benin raises the question. It is benin art majorly composed of bronze ivory and wood.

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Ancient benin sculpture. 17 likes 2 shares. In ancient times the benin bronze castings collectively referred to as the benin bronze works were made exclusively as a courtly art for the decoration of the palace as well as to celebrate the oba s imperial power commemorate the previous obas and to idolize the queen mother. Due to the collecting habits of museums in europe and north america the most common objects associated with the benin bronzes are plaques and commemorative head sculptures.

Traditionally the first commissions of every benin king are sculptures in bronze and ivory for his father s memorial altar. Our bronze heritage in pictures by nobody. 4 01pm on sep 03 2014.

The ancient city of benin. Production boomed from the end of the 15th century ce with the arrival of the portuguese who brought great quantities of brass for trade. Bronze casting in edo was established in the 14th century by oba oguola.

The benin bronzes are a group of more than a thousand metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the kingdom of benin in what is now modern day nigeria collectively the objects form the best known examples of benin art created from the thirteenth century onwards by the edo people which also included other sculptures in brass or bronze including some famous portrait. The umbrella term benin bronzes refers to a huge range of objects produced by members of the casters guild most of which are actually made of brass or copper alloy. This is a small collection of the millions of bronze works in the great city of benin city happy viewing.

Benin bronze figures which served as royal ornaments are the indigenous cultural art of the benin people in edo state nigeria dating back to as far as the 13th 15th 16th centuries. The sculptures produced in benin using brass although often termed bronzes have become world famous for their execution and artistry. The benin bronzes consist of several thousand commemorative plaques and sculptures that were made of brass of variable composition despite being called bronzes.

At the court of benin art in bronze perpetuates memory. The benin bronzes is the name given to a group of artifacts produced by the benin empire which occupied the area which is today nigeria. Benin art is also known as court art because it was discovered at the king s palace and majorly produced for the court of the oba of benin the supreme ruler of benin kingdom who ordered for a range of ceremonial objects.

They are highly decorative and majorly royal works.

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