A Reflection: Translocations and Changes in Perspective

“The Story of an Ethiopian Icon” is the subtitle of an article on an article published on a website promoting the return of objects taken from Maqdala in today’s Ethiopia. Under the heading “The Treasure” it gives a summary of the history of a specific painting which is indeed fascinating. This arti...

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Main Authors: Gidena Mesfin Kebede, Susanne Meyer-Abich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Forum Kunst und Markt 2018-05-01
Series:Journal for Art Market Studies
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Online Access:https://fokum-jams.org/index.php/jams/article/view/55
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description “The Story of an Ethiopian Icon” is the subtitle of an article on an article published on a website promoting the return of objects taken from Maqdala in today’s Ethiopia. Under the heading “The Treasure” it gives a summary of the history of a specific painting which is indeed fascinating. This article will follow the different stages in the reception and interpretation of this object, and explore the genealogy of the story, its sources, their dependability and the varying historiographical approaches.
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spelling doaj.art-d9a37a2bbce043d89710c409d2a3c0e82022-12-22T03:18:38ZengForum Kunst und MarktJournal for Art Market Studies2511-76022018-05-012210.23690/jams.v2i2.5534A Reflection: Translocations and Changes in PerspectiveGidena Mesfin Kebede0Susanne Meyer-Abich1Technische Universität BerlinTechnische Universität Berlin“The Story of an Ethiopian Icon” is the subtitle of an article on an article published on a website promoting the return of objects taken from Maqdala in today’s Ethiopia. Under the heading “The Treasure” it gives a summary of the history of a specific painting which is indeed fascinating. This article will follow the different stages in the reception and interpretation of this object, and explore the genealogy of the story, its sources, their dependability and the varying historiographical approaches.https://fokum-jams.org/index.php/jams/article/view/55EthiopiaMagdalaLooted Art
spellingShingle Gidena Mesfin Kebede
Susanne Meyer-Abich
A Reflection: Translocations and Changes in Perspective
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title A Reflection: Translocations and Changes in Perspective
title_full A Reflection: Translocations and Changes in Perspective
title_fullStr A Reflection: Translocations and Changes in Perspective
title_full_unstemmed A Reflection: Translocations and Changes in Perspective
title_short A Reflection: Translocations and Changes in Perspective
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topic Ethiopia
Magdala
Looted Art
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