The Stolen Art That Rewrote History: The Benin Bronzes
Автор: Expedition Q
Загружено: 2026-01-16
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In 1897, a British punitive expedition sacked and burned Benin City, the capital of a powerful West African kingdom. Amid the destruction, soldiers stumbled upon a treasure that would stun the world and challenge every European assumption about African civilization: thousands of magnificent bronze plaques and sculptures of breathtaking artistry and technical sophistication.
This is the incredible and controversial story of the Benin Bronzes. Created over centuries by a guild of master craftsmen using the advanced lost-wax casting technique, these artworks were not "primitive" artifacts, but a sophisticated royal archive that documented the kingdom's history, rituals, and power.
Follow the journey of these looted treasures, from the pillars of the Oba's palace to the auction blocks of London and into the collections of the world's most prestigious museums. This documentary explores how the bronzes forced a reluctant Western world to acknowledge the existence of a great African civilization, and it details the ongoing, century-long fight for their restitution—a fight that is finally beginning to be won, forcing a global reckoning with the legacy of colonialism.
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