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African Art

African Art. Early African Art…. Early African art was mainly utilitarian. Masks, baskets, mats, and textile weaving were common works of art. Stable farming communities provided structure for art. The nearby rainforests were places that harbored future traditions for Africa.

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African Art

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  1. African Art

  2. Early African Art… • Early African art was mainly utilitarian. Masks, baskets, mats, and textile weaving were common works of art. • Stable farming communities provided structure for art. The nearby rainforests were places that harbored future traditions for Africa. • Eastern African art was heavily influenced by Islam. Carved wooden doors of Lamu, calligraphy, and body painting were characteristic art forms of the religion. • Woodcarving is a typical art form in Kenya, though it is not seen as classical as Africa’s eastern carvings.

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  6. The history of African art… • European colonization harbored early art. Education in the colonized area was based upon European values. • Artists create works that relate to the past and also address the present, universal to the area over time. • The historical time artwork was produced and the encouragement it gave the African people is important to the meaning of the work. • The Christian religion was also an influence over African art, brought by colonists.

  7. Influence on Kenyan Art… • Kenyan subject matter includes landscapes, plateaus, mountains, waterfalls, lakes, and national parks. • Art reflects life cycles, religions, and different ethnicities (such as Bantu, Nilotic, Judaic, Indian, or Arabian). • “Excessive use of cultural material imported from abroad from television and the arts… is not only expensive but [it] gradually kills our confidence in indigenous material let alone our awareness of original local possibilities and experimentation in the use of local material to cut down costs and boost the local image of our indigenous artists’ work.” --Elimo Njau

  8. “The Wrestler” http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Smithsonian_GIFS/Mwariko.gif

  9. “The Birth of Christ” By Elimo Njau http://www.archives.gov/research/african-art/images/147-lg.jpg

  10. Gregory Maloba… • Maloba is an artist born in Mumias, Kenya in 1922. • Maloba’s artistic technique is born of stone, wood, bronze, and cement fondue. • Maloba was taught in England at the Royal College of Art from 1956 to 1957. • His art is recognized as giving artistic insight that is encouraging as well as historical. Maloba produced the Independence Monument in 1962. • He is said to have “bridged foreign and indigenous cultures”. … exemplifies the progression of African art

  11. Independence Monument By Gregory Maloba http://www.theartroom-sf.com/images/maloba1.jpg

  12. Works Cited http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Smithsonian_GIFS/Ken_ text.html http://www.theartroom-sf.com /East%20Africa's%20M odern%20 Art%20Movement.htm http://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/links/index.htm http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/thematic_pages. htm

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