Artwork from the Kingdom of Benim in the Fourteenth century
Another important anniversary today
On July 5th 1948, as part of rebuilding from the devastation of World War Two, the Labour Government created our National Health Service. It remains one our finest achievements – and a shining example of what we can do when we come together. This year, the coronavirus crisis has shown us how the NHS is there for us when we need it most. Through this crisis, it is the care workers, doctors, nurses, NHS staff and key workers who are putting themselves on the line to protect us all.
I was an early user of the NHS I was born in January 1954 and had two operations in my first year than six more before I was eleven so I cannot complain about paying taxes to service it, I guess I have had my monies worth
On the NHS’s 72nd birthday, I say thank you for all that you have done and will continue to do in the future good health care is an absolute human right based on clinical need not your ability to pay
The photograph
The Benin Bronzes are a group of more than a thousand metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin in what is now modern-day Nigeria.Collectively, the objects form the best known examples of Benin art, created from the thirteenth century onwards, by the Edo people, which also included other sculptures in brass or bronze, including some famous portrait heads and smaller pieces.
In 1897 most of the plaques and other objects were looted by British forces during a punitive expedition to the area as imperial control was being consolidated in Southern Nigeria. Two hundred of the pieces were taken to the British Museum, London. The Benin Bronzes led to a greater appreciation in Europe of African culture and art. Initially, it appeared incredible to the discoverers that people "supposedly so primitive and savage" were responsible for such highly developed objects. Some even wrongly concluded that Benin knowledge of metallurgy came from the Portuguese traders who were in contact with Benin in the early modern period. In actual fact the Benin Empire was a hub of African civilisation before the Portuguese traders visited and it is clear that the bronzes were made in Benin from an indigenous culture. It is believed that two "golden ages" in Benin metal workmanship occurred during the reigns of Esigie (1502- 1550) and of Eresoyen (1735–50), when their workmanship achieved its highest qualities.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH. ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED
Artwork from the Kingdom of Benim in the Fourteenth century
Another important anniversary today
On July 5th 1948, as part of rebuilding from the devastation of World War Two, the Labour Government created our National Health Service. It remains one our finest achievements – and a shining example of what we can do when we come together. This year, the coronavirus crisis has shown us how the NHS is there for us when we need it most. Through this crisis, it is the care workers, doctors, nurses, NHS staff and key workers who are putting themselves on the line to protect us all.
I was an early user of the NHS I was born in January 1954 and had two operations in my first year than six more before I was eleven so I cannot complain about paying taxes to service it, I guess I have had my monies worth
On the NHS’s 72nd birthday, I say thank you for all that you have done and will continue to do in the future good health care is an absolute human right based on clinical need not your ability to pay
The photograph
The Benin Bronzes are a group of more than a thousand metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin in what is now modern-day Nigeria.Collectively, the objects form the best known examples of Benin art, created from the thirteenth century onwards, by the Edo people, which also included other sculptures in brass or bronze, including some famous portrait heads and smaller pieces.
In 1897 most of the plaques and other objects were looted by British forces during a punitive expedition to the area as imperial control was being consolidated in Southern Nigeria. Two hundred of the pieces were taken to the British Museum, London. The Benin Bronzes led to a greater appreciation in Europe of African culture and art. Initially, it appeared incredible to the discoverers that people "supposedly so primitive and savage" were responsible for such highly developed objects. Some even wrongly concluded that Benin knowledge of metallurgy came from the Portuguese traders who were in contact with Benin in the early modern period. In actual fact the Benin Empire was a hub of African civilisation before the Portuguese traders visited and it is clear that the bronzes were made in Benin from an indigenous culture. It is believed that two "golden ages" in Benin metal workmanship occurred during the reigns of Esigie (1502- 1550) and of Eresoyen (1735–50), when their workmanship achieved its highest qualities.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH. ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED