ETHIOPIA AT THE CROSSROADS

391pp., 4to., colour illus., map, hardback, d.w., Walters Art Museum, New Haven, 2023

ISBN: 9780300272796

Published in conjunction with the travelling exhibition which opened at Walters Art Museum, December 2023.

A survey of the cultural and artistic traditions of Ethiopia over 1 700 years, from their origins to the present day. 

Contributions include:

"Ethiopia and the Art of Cultural Exchange" by Christine Sciacca

"Some Observations on Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahado Icon Paintings (Gäbäta Sa'aloč) by Takele Merid

"Ethiopian Jews, glorious history and current reality" by Getchew Metaferia

"Pre-Christian Ethiopia" by Solange Ashby

"Coins as a Source for History, the case of the Aksumite Kingdom" by Aaron Michael Butts

"The Manuscript Book as Guardian of Memory, 'illuminating' Armenian-Ethiopian relations" by Anna Leyloyan-Yekmalyan

"Harär and the Islamic Manuscript Traditions in Ethiopia" by Sana Mirza

"Ethiopia's Connections with Late Medieval Europe" by Verena Krebs

"Rastafari, 'Ethiopia stretches forth her hands ...'" by Jake Homiak

"Perspectives on Contemporary Ethiopian Diaspora Artists" by Fitsum Shebeshe.

Christine Sciacca is curator of European Art, 300–1400 CE, at the Walters Art Museum.