African Art During 5th Century BC, African people started using Art for visual social for forms and practices. African artwork has influenced a variety of artworks towards the outside of Africa. They used a variety of media articles. African created new inventions, style, and entertainment. Africans use mainly wood to create sculptures and masks. In African Artwork, it all began when Africans started painting in the caves. As they began to try a new style of painting, they started painting unique figures. In Africans’ paintings, there were lines of patterns and geometric lines in their artwork. Paintings told stories of creatures and spirits on walls. In addition, the African tribes painted on their bodies, walls of houses, and rock
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Sculptures shows characterize form style of representation. African sculptures started using wood; then, they got started using copper alloys, iron, ivory, pottery, unfired clay, and stone. They used axes, knives, rough leaves, and iron rod for craving. In fact, Africans started using the same materials to make useful objects such as pottery. Many tribes use the mask for entertainment, and characteristic of a spirit or God. Masks used during tradition African performance and assemblage. They used the mask to drive the spirits away during the end of the mourning period. There are three masks used for represents: Kanaga mask represents an array of concepts, animals, and authority of God; Satimbe mask are rectangular face by a mythical and powerful figure of a woman; Satimbe mask its projecting forms. In addition, women made pottery by their hands to mold shapes. The creating of pottery in African started around early BC. The African women make the pottery for cooking, carrying the jars, storing food, and ceremonial objects. They follow four forming techniques of making a pottery: molding, ringing building, the model on a board, and throw on the potter’s wheel, which the potter’s wheel came in later. Pottery influenced by basketry and woodcarving. Pottery takes part in sculptures as a ceramic jar with a sculpture
Sculptures shows characterize form style of representation. African sculptures started using wood; then, they got started using copper alloys, iron, ivory, pottery, unfired clay, and stone. They used axes, knives, rough leaves, and iron rod for craving. In fact, Africans started using the same materials to make useful objects such as pottery. Many tribes use the mask for entertainment, and characteristic of a spirit or God. Masks used during tradition African performance and assemblage. They used the mask to drive the spirits away during the end of the mourning period. There are three masks used for represents: Kanaga mask represents an array of concepts, animals, and authority of God; Satimbe mask are rectangular face by a mythical and powerful figure of a woman; Satimbe mask its projecting forms. In addition, women made pottery by their hands to mold shapes. The creating of pottery in African started around early BC. The African women make the pottery for cooking, carrying the jars, storing food, and ceremonial objects. They follow four forming techniques of making a pottery: molding, ringing building, the model on a board, and throw on the potter’s wheel, which the potter’s wheel came in later. Pottery influenced by basketry and woodcarving. Pottery takes part in sculptures as a ceramic jar with a sculpture