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African Art is perhaps one of the most original forms of art in the world, mainly because of two important reasons. The first reason is the fact that the generic term "African Art" represents, in fact, the coagulation of regional art forms from people across a vast and diversified continent. From that point-of-view, the art of the continent, or the "African Art," will bear and contain all these different representations at a continental level.
The second reason is that African Art is also a combination of "visual imagery, spiritual beliefs and social purpose" (Gluckman, 2007). From this perspective, African Art is functionally diversified, which means that each of these approaches (the religious, the spiritual or the social ones) will have, as final result, a different output, each valuable in itself, especially if one adds the fact that many of the art objects also had an utilitarian value.
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One of these characteristics is that African Art generally tends to be based on an abstract rather than a naturalistic approach to the represented object (Blier, 2001). Without wanting to necessarily build an explanation for this, one should point out that this may occur because of an absence of generally available stylistic norms, but also because the abstract representation allows for a much greater freedom
On the other hand, African Art is better represented in its sculptural works than it is in its paintings or other manifestations of art. Beyond this actual conclusion, one should also point out towards the observation that sculptural forms are also more resistant, especially those in wood, and, as a result, it may be that more artistic representations of this kind have survived. In terms…
Bibliography
1. Monica Blackmun Visona et al. History of Art in Africa. Prentice Hall, New York. (2001)
2. Gluckman, Jason "Ancient African Art." Ancient African Art. 7 Jan. 2007 EzineArticles.com. 4 Dec. 2009 <http://ezinearticles.com/?Ancient-?African-?Art&id=407460>.
3. Blier, Suzanne. Africa, Art, and History: An Introduction. In A History of Art in Africa. Pearson. 2001.
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