African art

Many African Americans pursued opportunities to create paintings, sculpture, and other forms of artistic self-expression. Many, of course, had to create their opportunities to create. In my paper I will compare and contrast a few artist lives and works of art. The four African Americans artist I will talk about are Robert S. Duncanson, Edward M. Bannister, Mary Edmonia Lewis, and Henry Ossawa Tanner —All four free-born. The differences between art that referred to people’s personal conditions…

African American female artists define feminism through a different set of eyes then their counterparts. The feminist art movement began as a way to equality in the field of art, yet it had it’s own set of rules. Discrimination within white female art organizations made the African American feminist movement more than just sexism, this disregard made it also about racial stereotypes. In addition, the neglect from the African American male artists forced African American feminist artists to…

The Black Arts Movement (1965-1975) is considered to be one of the most essential moments in African American literature. It encouraged and motivated African Americans to form their very own publishing companies and magazines as well as numerous institutions of the arts. The movement was also believed to have inspired the formation of African American Studies classes at universities and colleges throughout the United States (Rojas 2147). The Black Arts Movement was also thought to have been…

Before taking Art 2L my thoughts towards the African art style to be savage and Egyptian art, how truly wrong I was learning about the incredible work of Olowe of Ise was one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century from the Yoruba tribe and his style was a very unique style carving wood into doors. The European scholar was amazing how man without prior teaching can have this ability. I was just like those Europeans how can Africans have this ability to created integrity art work…

Unlike Western art during this time, African art was a functional part of African culture, everyday life, and traditional festivals. All art forms helped knit together members of the society. Africans used masks in order to symbolize the spirits, in their religious rituals. The enormous, sometimes scary mask gave control to the "spirits" which helped to maintain authority. The masks symbolized power, strength, and courage. They were often stylized with horns and tall heads, but most of them had…

Compare and Contrast Non-Western Art Life had always been on how it creates its own perspective in the minds of the people. Peoples mind is shaped differently from different continents, different country, different region, different tribe, and also we all share some similarities that make us human. Art as it is called is also seen differently by diverse region or religion of the world. Most of the artifact I see all look like they have applied to ritual recognition all over the world. With so…

In the medieval African societies, they were proud of their beautiful modernized cities. They used art to make their cities aesthetically pleasing, and literature to express their thoughts and feelings. They prioritized family immensely, and had many traditions. Family was very important because in this time period families did everything together. Religion was a main factor in the spiritual beliefs of the cities. In this time period, not everything was understood scientifically, so religion was…

the beauty of African culture through abstract paintings African painting is one of the famous paintings which are adored by the entire world for its uniqueness and simplicity. The African Art Paintings For Sale portrays life of the village scenes in Africa that involves the daily work that folks do such as caring for children, feeding them, playing, cooking, and fighting. Most of the African painting keeps human as the primary subject. There are paintings that revolve around the African…

is an African rock art site, one located near the border of South Africa, “near the borders with Namibia and the Caprivi Strip, west of the Okavango Delta” (Trust for African Rock Art). Located at the site are roughly 4,500 paintings and etchings. African rock art is an understudied, underappreciated form of art and culture that runs deep in the African continent. Most of the rock art is done in caves, the sides of mountains, or other hill-like or rock-like figures. There are many rock art sites…

Question 3: African Art The African art has several similarities with European art. For instance, due to the influence of Islam and Christianity, most of their art have religious or political purposes. However, wood is the material of their choice. They also used other natural materials, which unfortunately did not survive the pass of time. Moreover, only in special circumstances pottery was created to embellish the houses of their rulers and noble men. For them, pottery was simplistic,…