*Export means for economic reasons- for selling in
the markets.
Naming the purpose of artwork is
interpretation. If you thought the purpose was different than the way interpreted
here, how did you make your decision? What criteria did you use? Did you find
examples on this site to support your decision? Did you find other example on the Internet
to support your decision?
Which objects on this page do you think are
"works of art"? Which objects do you think are "craft"?
What criteria did you use to decide? When you decide whether or not something is a work of
art you are making an aesthetic judgment.
CLICK ON THE NUMBER FOR SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
1.) What are some
reasons for art of Sub-Saharan Africa? You may also find some
answers at "Art
and Life of Africa" University of Iowa.
2.) What can we learn
about the people of Africa by studying their
art?
Find out more about the people of Africa from "Art
and Life of Africa"
3.) What significance did
African art have in the development of Modern art? You will also find
this answer in Ritual
Messengers (see the mystery question - come back later to try the other
mystery questions)
4.) What are some
types of arts and crafts of Sub-Saharan Africa? See
the work of some craftsmen
today.
5.) What are some
materials that are used for art of Sub-Saharan Africa? How have contemporary
artists of Africa been inspired by traditional African art?
6.) What are some
characteristics of African art? You may also find some answers at African
Art: Aesthetic and Meaning University of Virginia.
7.) What were some of
the early empires of Africa? Find out more about
the wonders of Africa from this PBS site: Wonders
of the African World.
8.) What evidence do we
have of cultural sharing (a borrowing of ideas)? Study the
similarities in art
styles in the Western Sudan regions. See also photographs
of Mali and Burkina Faso (University of Iowa). What do you suppose
the arbitrary boundaries set up by
European colonization did to ethnic groups of Africa?
9.) What are some
problems that exist today in classifying art of Sub-Saharan Africa?
10.) Why is it important to
value the art of Africa? Think about the impact African art has made on
Modern art. Think about what the art tells us about the people who
created it.
11.)
What is the architecture like? Find out about traditional
architecture of the
Mali.
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