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AFRICAN ART

AFRICAN ART. AFRICANS AND THEIR ART. INTRODUCTION DEFINITION ROLE OF THE ARTIST TRADITIONAL ART AFRICAN SCULPTURE AND MASKS ARTISTIC DRESSING & BODY ART CONTEMPORARY ART. Mask – Fang of Gabon. Pablo Picasso – Three figures under a tree 1907. INTRODUCTION.

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AFRICAN ART

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  1. AFRICAN ART

  2. AFRICANS AND THEIR ART • INTRODUCTION • DEFINITION • ROLE OF THE ARTIST • TRADITIONAL ART • AFRICAN SCULPTURE AND MASKS • ARTISTIC DRESSING & BODY ART • CONTEMPORARY ART

  3. Mask – Fang of Gabon Pablo Picasso – Three figures under a tree 1907 INTRODUCTION • African art was misunderstood by the Western world until 1900’s • Famous Western artists were influenced by African art • Picasso and Matisse • Mask of the Fang of Gabon influenced their styles • Ignored because of ethnocentrism • Viewed as inferior • Realism was view until modern art became popular

  4. DEFINITION • Art is a means of communicating one’s experiences • Visual expression or account of the culture and history of a people as seen by an individual • Through engraving, painting and sculpture, societies relate their ideas, beliefs, values, norms, attitudes, traditions and feelings Family of Three Shona Sculpture (Zimbabwe)

  5. THE AFRICAN ARTIST • Work of the artist can be • Functional (cups, bowls, pipes) • Traditional (sculptures, masks) • Contemporary (paintings, drawings, ceramics)

  6. DEFINITION • People have different attitudes on art • Art in traditional Africa was mainly functional • Fulfills requirements of everyday life • Clothing, housing, rituals, economic and political, war and entertainment • Secondary for aesthetics • Sculpture has symbolic value • Glyptic art of the ancient Egyptians

  7. Bronze head from Benin - 1550 TRADITIONAL ART • Art found in Africa before the Europeans • Original art of the continent • Rock drawings • Roughly carved human heads • Sculpture • Wood, terra cotta • Basketry • Masks • Musical instruments • Printed textiles

  8. AFRICAN SCULPTURES AND MASKS • Sculpture • Can be carved engraved or molded and is three dimensional • Generally symmetrical but can be naturalistic or conventional

  9. AFRICAN SCULPTURES AND MASKS • Masks • Very important part of African culture • Closely related to life events • Secret societies, funerals, royal celebrations • Can take the form of spirits, humans or animals

  10. ARTISTIC DRESSING • Dress varies by geographic regions, lifestyle and culture • Communicates a message and identifies the social status of the person • Dress for special occasions • Adulthood

  11. AFRICAN DRESS

  12. AFRICAN DRESS

  13. JEWELRY • Jewelry • Metal jewelry worn on the arms and legs is thought to be good for the bones • Amulets worn in the hair or on the body is thought to bring good luck

  14. JEWELRY • Jewelry • Beads are used to enhance romantic feelings

  15. JEWELRY

  16. JEWELRY

  17. BODY ART • African body art uses the human body as a way to express an individual's status, spiritual beliefs, or ethnic affiliation. It can be created on the body itself in the form of tattoos, scarification, body painting,

  18. BODY PAINTING

  19. BODY PAINTING

  20. BODY SCARIFICATION • Body Scarification • Used to demonstrate family group and as decoration • Sign of beauty • Used in rituals and ceremonies to mark rank and social status

  21. BODY SCARIFICATION • Body scarification is an artistic expression and made in 4 common ways • Skin can be punctured with needles ritually purified in fire and rubbed with acidic substance like a nut to raise scars • Scar can be made by a knife rubbed in ashes to create a relief pattern • Irritating materials are inserted under the skin by needles dusted in ashes • Razor Blades

  22. BODY SCARIFICATION

  23. ARCHITECTURE • Architecture is also a form of artistic expression • Egyptian pyramids • Traditional stone houses of Zimbabwe • European and American architecture is also an influencing factor

  24. Zulu telephone wire basket CONTEMPORARY ART • African art today includes painting that can be hung on the wall • Recent development in contemporary art is beadwork and bracelets and glasswork • Evolution of African art a result of social and physical mobility • Artistic styles are being diffused

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