- The Benin Bronzes are a collection of intricately designed metal plaques and sculptures that originated from the Kingdom of Benin, located in present-day Nigeria.
- This period, known as the Benin Bronze Period, gave rise to some of the most elaborate and intricate bronze sculptures and plaques in West Africa.
- Benin Bronze Debate Benin Bronzes, MFA Boston. As such, here’s a brief overview of what these amazing pieces of artwork are, as well as why everyone is...
- Western reactions to Benin bronzes | Civilisations - BBC Two
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- Bronzes - Benin Bronze Art Figures and Sculptures - Lost Wax Method of Bronze...
- Skowronek says that this is the case for the Benin bronzes: ‘The Benin metal is mostly brass or leaded brass, sometimes with [small] amounts of tin,’ he says.
- In 1984 he created a group of prints that considers the history of the 'Benin Bronzes', and their forcible removal from Benin City by the British.
- Ancient and contemporary benin bronze – differences and similarities: the content, context and the journey so far.
- ...Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, collected in Nigeria and acquired 1898 from Edouard Schmidt) is displayed as part of an exhibition on the 'Benin Bronzes' during a press...
- The unending controversy over the looted Benin Bronzes. The restitution of Benin bronzes from Germany to Nigeria sparked a fiery debate.