ARTH 27 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Henri Matisse, El Anatsui, Bruce Onobrakpeya
1 Nov 2016
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Negritude the philosophy that every race has its own contribution to the. Engraving depicting a baroque (cid:498)cabinet of curiosities(cid:499) or (cid:498)wunderkamer(cid:499), Late 19th century, the height of the victorian era; the sun never set in great. Abyssinia = ethiopia (christian empire, they resisted with military power) European colonials argument was: (cid:498)we are saving savage people in africa are spreading the light of knowledge and wisdom into the dark continent(cid:499) Right: a cartoon criticizing his rule over the congo free state traditional african art. The vision after the sermon (jacob wrestling with an angel) A tendency to look at other people: to take their qualities and transform myself into them. The colonial regime will hunt runaway people down and cut people"s hands off. First encounterance with african art les demoiselles d"avignon, influenced by. Henri matisse, blue nude: souvenir de biskra . Negritude theory about culture that was based that all black people around the.
