denny Schools Periods & Styles book

Ethiopian Painting: Zarayaqob (Zara Yaiqob 1433-1468) court painter, monk Fretsion (Fere Seyon) inspired by the most important Christian iconography epitomizes Ethiopian painting style and influence Ethiopian painters for centuries afterword. The painting style developed during Zarayaqob time is known as Ethiopian Painting. An art education had existed in the nation for several centuries and the concept of "art education" was distinctly different from "craft training" and was considered a product of the learned. The concept of modernizing Ethiopian art education was born as part of the overall modernizing of Ethiopia, which began during the second part of the 19th century. This was a period that saw the beginnings of unification, military reform, the birth of fairly well developed literary Amharic, and the establishment of schools. As the foundations of modern educational institutions moved, in less than a century, from Gafat, Maqdela, and Tamben to Entotto -- where it finally flourished in Addis Ababa — so did its artistic foundations. In the 1940s, after the Italians left, self-respect and the underlying bases for development were given the highest priority. In art, academic naturalism was not taken entirely as part of modernization package. The fundamental point of departure for the formation of the Western canon of art, naturalistic art derived from individual life study was of little interest for Zemenawie as it was for the early Zemenawie and latter for Zemenay ...