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SmartHistory of Art IV - Africa

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Smarthistory
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Smarthistory
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Contents· 112 sections
  1. 01: West Africa
  2. 1.01: Burkina Faso
  3. 1.02: The art of Ghana
  4. 1.2.01: Golden Stool (Sika dwa kofi) Asante peoples
  5. 1.2.02: Linguist Staff (Okyeamepoma) (Asante peoples)
  6. 1.2.04: Memorial Head (Akan peoples)
  7. 1.2.05: Akuaba Female Figure (Akan peoples)
  8. 1.2.06: Asafo Flags- Stitches Through Time
  9. 1.2.07: El Anatsui
  10. 1.2.08: El Anatsui Old Mans Cloth
  11. 4.1.2.03: Kente cloth
  12. 1.03: Guinea
  13. 1.04: The art of the Ivory Coast
  14. 1.4.01: Owie Kimou Portrait Mask (Mblo) of Moya Yanso (Baule peoples)
  15. 1.4.02: Pair of Diviners Figures (Baule peoples)
  16. 1.05: The art of Mali
  17. 1.5.01: Saving Timbuktus manuscripts
  18. 1.5.02: Seated Figure (Djenne peoples)
  19. 1.5.03: Lost History- the terracotta sculpture of Djenne Djenno
  20. 1.5.04: Great Mosque of Djenne (Djenne peoples)
  21. 1.5.05: Dogon Couple (Dogon peoples)
  22. 1.5.06: Mask (Kanaga) (Dogon peoples)
  23. 1.5.07: Male and Female Antelope Headdresses (Ci wara) (Bamana peoples)
  24. 1.5.08: Komo Helmet Mask (Komokunw) (Bamana peoples)
  25. 1.5.09: Seydou Keita Untitled (Seated Woman with Chevron Print Dress)
  26. 1.06: The art of Nigeria
  27. 1.6.01: Benin Plaques
  28. 1.6.02: The Kingdom of Benin
  29. 1.6.03: Benin Art- Patrons Artists and Current Controversies
  30. 1.6.04: The Imagery of Power on Benin Bronze Plaques
  31. 1.6.05: Benin and the Portuguese
  32. 1.6.06: Queen Mother Pendant Mask (Iyoba) (Edo peoples)
  33. 1.6.07: Benin ivory mask (Edo peoples)
  34. 1.6.08: Benin plaque- Equestrian Oba and Attendants
  35. 1.6.09: Ere Ibeji Figures (Yoruba peoples)
  36. 1.6.10: Kingdom of Ife- Sculptures from West Africa
  37. 1.6.11: Ife uncovered
  38. 1.6.12: Olowe of Ise
  39. 1.6.13: Olowe of Ise Veranda Post of Enthroned King and Senior Wife
  40. 1.6.14: Ikenga (Igbo peoples)
  41. 1.6.15: Uche Okeke
  42. 1.6.16: Yinka Shonibare The Swing (After Fragonard)
  43. 1.07: Republic of Benin
  44. 1.08: The art of Sierra Leone
  45. 1.8.01: Lidded Saltcellar
  46. 1.8.02: Stone Head (mahe yafei) Kisi peoples
  47. 1.8.03: Bundu Sowei Helmet Mask (Mende peoples)
  48. 1.8.04: Helmet Mask
  49. 1.8.05: Cotton hammock (Vai peoples)
  50. 1.8.06: Ceremonial Ladle (Dan peoples)
  51. 1.8.07: Found accidentally
  52. 02: Central Africa
  53. 2.01: Cameroon
  54. 2.1.01: Ceremonial Palm Wine Vessel (Cameroon Grasslands peoples)
  55. 2.1.02: Elephant Mask (Bamileke Peoples)
  56. 2.02: Democratic Republic of the Congo
  57. 2.2.01: Crucifix (Kongo peoples)
  58. 2.2.02: Female (pwo) Mask
  59. 2.2.03: Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi) Kongo peoples
  60. 2.2.04: Ndop Portrait of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul (Kuba peoples)
  61. 2.2.05: Lukasa (Memory Board) (Luba peoples)
  62. 2.2.06: Buli Master possibly Ngongo ya Chintu Prestige Stool- Female Caryatid (Luba or Hemba peoples)
  63. 2.2.07: Double Prestige Panel (Kuba peoples)
  64. 2.2.08: Figurative Harp (Domu) (Mangbetu peoples)
  65. 2.03: Gabon
  66. 2.3.01: Kota reliquary (mbulu ngulu)
  67. 2.3.02: Female Figure from a Reliquary Ensemble (Fang peoples)
  68. 2.3.03: Female Reliquary Guardian Figure (Fang peoples)video
  69. 03: North Africa
  70. 3.01: Algeria and Libya
  71. 3.1.01: Rock Art in North Africa
  72. 3.1.02: Rock Art in the Green Sahara (Africa)
  73. 3.1.03: Running Horned Woman Tassili nAjjer Algeria
  74. 3.1.04: Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
  75. 3.1.05: Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
  76. 3.02: Egypt
  77. 3.03: The art of Tunisia
  78. 3.3.01: The Great Mosque of Kairouan
  79. 3.3.02: Kairouan (from UNESCO)
  80. 04: Southern Africa
  81. 4.01: The art of Namibia
  82. 4.1.01: Origins of rock art in Africa
  83. 4.1.02: Apollo 11 Cave Stones
  84. 4.02: The art of South Africa
  85. 4.2.01: Married Womans Apron (Ndebele peoples)
  86. 4.2.02: William Kentridge drawing from Tide Table (Soho in Deck Chair)
  87. 4.2.2.01: On the beach but in a suit
  88. 4.03: Zimbabwe
  89. 4.3.01: Great Zimbabwe
  90. 05: A beginner's guide
  91. 5.01: Peoples and cultures
  92. 5.02: Historical overview- to 1600
  93. 5.03: Historical overview- from the 1600s to the present
  94. 5.04: Aesthetics
  95. 5.05: The human figure animals and symbols
  96. 5.06: Form and meaning
  97. 5.07: Religion and the Spiritual Realm
  98. 5.08: Art and politics
  99. 5.09: Rites of passage
  100. 5.10: Art and the individual
  101. 5.11: African art and the effects of European contact and colonization
  102. 5.12: The Reception of African Art in the West
  103. 5.13: Western appreciation of African art
  104. 06: East Africa and the Horn of Africa
  105. 6.01: Tanzania
  106. 6.02: The art of Ethiopia
  107. 6.2.01: Aksumite Coins
  108. 6.2.02: Illuminated Gospel
  109. 6.2.03: Julie Mehretu Stadia II
  110. 6.2.04: Christian Ethiopian art
  111. 6.2.05: An Ethiopian icon
  112. 6.2.06: The kingdom of Aksum