ARTH 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Petroglyph, Nok Culture, Great Zimbabwe
Document Summary
Primitivism and the emergence of interest in african art: the young ladies of avignon: 1907. Referred to as the turning point of art movements. Right most lady, beauty of primitive non-western world, The lady sitting, beauty of the modern world, new standard of beauty. Characteristics & misconceptions of traditional african art: reliquary figure (mbulu): kota, gabon. Colonized and these were outlaws as they were associated with old chief and leaders. Pla(cid:272)ed o(cid:374) top of (cid:272)hief"s (cid:272)offi(cid:374) to guard the remain. Abstract, places emphasis on the head and body is down played. African arts are abstract because of these characteristic. 2: and most were uses to represent outer worldly spirits. Abstract human forms or animals act/look like human. 4: an assemble of multiple components arts. 5: served different purposes and have multiple meaning for different member of society: oni head: 11-12th century. Revealed that there were cultures in africa that were interested in naturalism.
