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Chapter Twenty

Africa. Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner. Chapter Twenty. Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace Randal Wallace University of North Texas. Africa. Dates and Places : 500BCE to present 52 nations of Africa People :

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Chapter Twenty

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  1. Africa Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner Chapter Twenty Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace Randal Wallace University of North Texas

  2. Africa Dates and Places: 500BCE to present 52 nations of Africa People: Core beliefs: honoring ancestors, worship of nature deities, divine rulership Reliquary guardian figure (mbulu ngulu), 19th or early 20th century. Fig. 20-10.

  3. Africa Themes: Deities Rulers Animals Forms: Conceptual and optical Form varies by culture WILLIE BESTER, Homage to Steve Biko, 1992. Fig. 20-22.

  4. Africa Nok head, ca. 500 BCE–200 CE. Fig. 20-2.

  5. Africa Example: Nok culture Part of full figure Large heads, small bodies Pierced eyes and mouth for cooling clay sculpture Women sculptors? Nok head, ca. 500 BCE–200 CE. Fig. 20-2.

  6. Africa King, 11th to 12th century. Fig. 20-4.

  7. Africa Example: Ife, Yoruba culture Sacred king effigy Naturalistic rendering of likeness But squat proportions Ritual regalia King, 11th to 12th century. Fig. 20-4.

  8. Africa Great Mosque, Djenne, 1906–1907. Fig. 20-5.

  9. Africa Example: Djenne Mosque is oldest example of adobe architecture in world Courtyard, prayer hall Wooden beams project from walls, support roof Africa Great Mosque, Djenne, 1906–1907. Fig. 20-5.

  10. Africa Waist pendant of a Queen Mother, ca. 1520. Fig. 20-7.

  11. Africa Example: Benin culture Pendant hangs on belt Images of oba and his court—this is Queen Mother Ritual regalia Ivory carving Portuguese traders Waist pendant of a Queen Mother, ca. 1520. Fig. 20-7.

  12. Africa Altar to the Hand and Arm (ikegobo), 17th to 18th century. Fig. 20-8.

  13. Africa Example: Benin culture Cast-brass royal shrine = ikegobo For oba Hierarchical composition and scale Emphasize head, Hand and arm = power Altar to the Hand and Arm (ikegobo), 17th to 18th century. Fig. 20-8.

  14. Africa MASTER OF THE SYMBOLIC EXECUTION, salt cellar, Sapi-Portuguese, ca. 1490–1540. Fig. 20-9.

  15. Africa Example: Sapi culture Salt cellar Hybrid art with image of Portuguese and European patterns Colonial relationship Export item from elephant tusk MASTER OF THE SYMBOLIC EXECUTION, salt cellar, Sapi-Portuguese, ca. 1490–1540. Fig. 20-9.

  16. Africa Ancestral screen (nduen fobara), Kalabari Ijaw, late 19th century. Fig. 20-1.

  17. Africa Example: Kalabari Ijaw culture Shrine to honor ancestors Wood, fiber screens Honors deceased chief of trading company Hierarchy of scale and stylized forms common in African art Ancestral screen (nduen fobara), Kalabari Ijaw, late 19th century. Fig. 20-1.

  18. Africa Nail figure (nkisi n’kondi), ca. 1875–1900. Fig. 20-13.

  19. Africa Example: Kongo culture Kongo power figure Consecrated by priest Healing spirit or harmful force Invoke by touch or words Assist individual or community Nail figure (nkisi n’kondi), ca. 1875–1900. Fig. 20-13.

  20. Africa Seated couple, ca. 1800–1850. Fig. 20-14.

  21. Africa Example: Dogon culture Linked-man-and-woman groups typical Part of shrine or altar Primordial couple? Stylized figures in abstract geometry of body parts Seated couple, ca. 1800–1850. Fig. 20-14.

  22. Africa Female mask, 20th century. Fig. 20-19.

  23. Africa Example: Mende culture Mask for fertility rituals Combines with dress and movement for power Function as mediators Water symbolism Idealized beauty Female mask, 20th century. Fig. 20-19.

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