AFRICAN ART

African Sculpture

  • Portable & Tribal
  • Medium: Wooden, Ivory & Metal= Often Multi-Medium use in Works
  • Frontal & Symmetric
  • Rigidity in Form with No Modeling
  • Exaggeration of Heads and Sexual Parts
  • Forms Not Realistic, Avoiding Physical Reality= Represents a Spiritual Dimension
  • Not for Decoration or Decor but for a Tribal purpose
  • such as Death, Healing & Initiation Ceremonies & Honoring a Leader or Loved One

 

HOMEWORK

Sept.14th, 2022
Construct the Colonialism & Contemporary Art Project Below
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Sept. 12th, 2022

1) Complete the Art Analysis below for

Kara Walker's - Darky Town Rebellion

Kara Walker: Darkytown Rebellion, 2001 - Kara Walker — Google Arts & Culture


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Sept.8th, 2022

1) View the Video Below on African Art & Complete the Analytical Handout

2) CREATE A SILHOUETTE OF YOUR PROFILE

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Class Videos

CLASSWORK
SEPT 12

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RESOURCES


HOW MANY AFRICAN ART PIECES CAN YOU SEE IN THIS FILM CLIP FROM BLACK PANTHER?

MODERN AFRICAN ART

USING THEKHAN ACADEMY 250,

THE VIDEOS & LINKS BELOW

CREATE AN F2C2 ON 

245. Old Man’s Cloth, El Anatsui

http://harn.ufl.edu/linkedfiles/contemporary-oldmanscloth.pdf

&

ANSWER THESE TWO SHORT RESPONSE

1) HOW DOES THIS WORK REFLECT  AFRICAN ART TRADITIONS?

2) HOW DOES THIS WORK ADDRESS ANTI -COLONIAL SENTIMENT?

These are the (14) African work that will need to be learned for the exam:


    1. 167.Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
      168. Great Mosque of Djenné
    2. 169.Wall plaque, from Oba's palace
      170. Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)
      171. Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul 
      172. Nkisi n’kondi 
      173. Female (Pwo) Mask 
      174. Portrait mask (Mblo) 
      175. Bundu mask 
      176. Ikenga (shrine figure) 
      177. Lukasa (memory board) 
      178. Aka elephant mask 
179. Reliquary figure (Byeri)  180. Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga)