ANTH 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: African Art, Iberians
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Slide of what is arguably one of the most famous paintings in european western. Harsh angles, possibly to represent the harshness of the prostitutes. By the 15th century, european ships were already docking in africa, particularly the west. Early european texts are lled with a lot of praise for african culture. However, by 18th-19th century, europeans adopted chauvinistic attitude and looked down upon africans. It"s strange how long it took europeans to recognize african art as. Before that, african artworks were merely trophies, curiosities, fetishes. Because non-western european art was considered simple or basic. This is because european art was technical and. A painters skill comes through in a painting. But the simple-ness of african art attracted picasso. Thought normal european paintings were static, rhetorical, exercises in ability, unexciting. Interestingly enough, picasso hated african art when he rst saw it. Incorporate art from outside to give european art a feeling of.
