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African Aesthetics Beauty defined- Manifestations of beauty: outer and inner The useful, the functional, the complete

African Aesthetics Beauty defined- Manifestations of beauty: outer and inner The useful, the functional, the complete, the appropriate The Head– outer and inner Houses the vital sense organs Site of personality center of spirituality Shrine, being, destiny

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African Aesthetics Beauty defined- Manifestations of beauty: outer and inner The useful, the functional, the complete

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  1. African Aesthetics Beauty defined- Manifestations of beauty: outer and inner The useful, the functional, the complete, the appropriate The Head– outer and inner Houses the vital sense organs Site of personality center of spirituality Shrine, being, destiny

  2. Group of stylized abstract heads representing, inner spiritual head--site of personality Yoruba, (Ita Yemoo, Ife) Nigeria, terracotta, h. 13 cm(5 in); 19 cm(7.1/2 in); 16.5 cm (61/2 in) 16 cm (6 3/8 in)

  3. Aesthetic parameters: Clarity Ephebism-youthfulness Completeness Shining smoothness Social and emotional proportion Polyrhythmic compositions Art as metaphor

  4. Ibeji twin memorial figure, Yoruba, Nigeria Wood, 20th cent. (Yiyo) relative clarity, completeness, and visibility

  5. Lajuwa, royal usurper Terra-cotta, Ife, Yoruba, 12/15th cent. (odo) Ephebism: relative youthfulness

  6. Ooni, Leaded brass, Appr.18.in. Ife, Yoruba, 14/15th cent. (Pipe) completeness & emotional proportion

  7. Head of a Queen, Ife, (Yoruba), Nigeria Terracotta, 12th-13th Century 800-700 BP (Before the Present)

  8. Bronze Plaque, Appr.21.in. Benin, Nigeria, 17th cent. Aesthetics of social proportions

  9. Sango Shrine Sculptures, Yoruba, Nigeria Wood, 20th cent. -aesthetics of social proportion

  10. Sowei mask, Mande, Sierra Leone Wood, 20th cent. Aesthetics of shining smoothness

  11. Woman wearing silver jewelry Harar, Somalia

  12. Fulani Woman in a market, Mopti, Mali, 1970

  13. Fulani women at a ceremony Celebrating masculine beauty and charm, Niger Republic, 1980

  14. Balangandans, silver and gold pendants Worn by Afro-Brazilians since at least the Early 19th century. Detail from a painting By Jean Baptiste Debret done in Brazil In the 1820s

  15. Kente, hand-woven fabric, Ghana, 20th. Cent, aesthetics of polyrhythms

  16. Adire, dyed cotton, Yoruba, SW Nigeria, 20th cent. polyrhythmic composition

  17. Linguist staff, Wood, gold leaf, 20th Cent. Metaphor of leadership

  18. Fon Flag, Applique, Democratic Republic of Benin, 20th century

  19. Royal Umbrella, Fon Applique, cotton, D.R. Benin, 20th century.

  20. Egungun masquerade, sequined applique, cotton, Yoruba Southwestern Nigeria, 20th century.

  21. conclusion

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