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ART AND AESTHETICS: The Artistic Enterprise in Pre/Postcolonial African Societies

ART AND AESTHETICS: The Artistic Enterprise in Pre/Postcolonial African Societies. Art and Aesthetics Defined Concepts of Beauty Two Manifestations of Beauty: Outer Beauty –Ewa Ode Inner Beauty—Ewa Inu Iwa– Being, Character, site of Personality/Spirituality. Artistic Criteria Ephebism

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ART AND AESTHETICS: The Artistic Enterprise in Pre/Postcolonial African Societies

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  1. ART AND AESTHETICS: The Artistic Enterprise in Pre/Postcolonial African Societies

  2. Art and Aesthetics Defined Concepts of Beauty Two Manifestations of Beauty: Outer Beauty –Ewa Ode Inner Beauty—Ewa Inu Iwa– Being, Character, site of Personality/Spirituality

  3. Artistic Criteria Ephebism Youthfulness Shinning Smoothness Luminosity Emotional Proportion Social Proportion Completeness Functionality Polyrhythms The Head—Ori as a site of spirituality, shrine, and altar 2 manifestations: Outer Head—Ori ode Inner Head—Ori inu

  4. Head of an Ooni, Ife, Nigeria 11th/12th century Leaded Brass

  5. Fragment of an Executioner Ife, Nigeria 11th /13th century Terracotta

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

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

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

  9. Bronze Plaque, Appr.21.in. Benin, Nigeria, 16/17th cent. Aesthetics of social proportions

  10. Sowei Headdress, Sande society, (Gola, Vai Peoples) Liberia Sierra Leone Wood, pigment 20th century Relative luminosity/shinning smoothness

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

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

  13. Fire spitter mask (kponugu), Senufo, Ivory Coast Wood, 20th century art as metaphor

  14. Edan Ogboni, Yoruba, Nigeria Bronze 19th century Metaphor for cooperation And coexistence

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