African Art

Male statue of Mari pottery seat is an example of a person who is not positive. Sculpture shows a man sitting by bending the right leg and pulling the left foot to the chest. His right arm leaned against his heart and his left arm leaned against his shoulder. His body has plenty of raised bumps. His face moved slightly to the left, and he seemed to concentrate. The title explains that he communicates with the gods. Yoraba's Orangun Eps headdress is a character model with staff and good sacred scale.

Sub-Saharan African art is very diverse, but there are still some common themes. One is how to use letters. Second, like sculpture. The purpose of art in sub-Saharan Africa is not two, but three. The house is experienced from all angles. Third, its intention is to carry out art. Sub-Saharan Africans have specific names for masks. This name combines the spirit of sculpture, dance and fusion mask. The name represents all three elements. Fourth, art with practical function and utilitarianism. Artists and craftsmen are not parting. You can use a hand-shaped sculpture as a stool. Fifth, use fractal or nonlinear scaling. The overall shape is the shape of parts of various dimensions. Prior to the discovery of fractal geometry, Senegal's first president, Leopold Sedar Senghor, called it "dynamic symmetry". Finally, sub-Saharan African art is visually abstract, not naturalistic.

Mask ball, metalwork, sculpture, architecture, fiber art, dance are important African art forms and may be included in African art research. The term "art of Africa" ​​does not include the art of the North African region on the Mediterranean coast. Because these areas were part of different traditions for a long time. For over a thousand years, the art of these areas has many special functions, but it is part of Islamic art. The Ethiopian art with a long tradition of Christianity also differs from the art of most parts of Africa, and the traditional African religion in Africa (Muslim north of North) became dominant recently. The art of Africa includes ancient art, Muslim art in North and West Africa, Christian art in East Africa, and the art of rituals in these and other areas. Masks are an important element in the art of many people and are usually also highly stylized letters.