The Assassination of Shaka
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The Assassination of Shaka is a renowned graphic art cycle by South African artist Cecil Skotnes that powerfully depicts the life and death of the Zulu king Shaka through carved and painted wooden panels.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
ⓘ
graphic art cycle ⓘ woodcut cycle ⓘ |
| artForm |
printmaking
ⓘ
relief printing ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | apartheid-era South African art ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Cecil Skotnes’s mature period ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Zulu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
earth tones
ⓘ
strong contrasts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| creator | Cecil Skotnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | South African ⓘ |
| depicts |
Shaka
NERFINISHED
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Zulu culture ⓘ Zulu history ⓘ death of Shaka ⓘ life of Shaka ⓘ |
| genre |
historical art
ⓘ
narrative art ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
South African printmaking
ⓘ
visual representations of Shaka ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
paint on wood
ⓘ
woodcut print on paper ⓘ |
| hasPart |
carved wooden panels
ⓘ
painted wooden panels ⓘ |
| inception | 1970s ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
art viewers
ⓘ
students of African history ⓘ |
| languageOfAccompanyingText | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstExhibition | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
paint
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wood ⓘ |
| movement | modern South African art ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | sequential panels ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative use of woodcut in narrative sequence
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integration of text and image ⓘ visual retelling of Zulu history ⓘ |
| portrays |
assassination of Shaka
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military campaigns of Shaka ⓘ rise of Shaka ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
African kingship
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Shaka Zulu NERFINISHED ⓘ colonialism in Southern Africa ⓘ violence and power ⓘ |
| technique |
carving
ⓘ
color printing ⓘ woodcut ⓘ |
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