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NOTES: Chapter #16: Early African Art

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Page 429 - 445 Learning Objectives: Understand the relationship of early art/architecture produced in some areas of Africa and understand the cultures that produced them Recognize some of the African   beliefs/myths Recognize the relationship between African art and the power of political leaders who commissioned it Understand the different techniques used by the Africans to create forms, i.e. lost wax casting Make the connection of the forms created by using the visual formal elements of design Africa was home to one of our earliest greatest civilizations - ancient Egypt and so many others. Yoruba  located in southwestern Nigeria regard their city of  IFE  "navel of the world" = site of creation, the first Ife ruler is  "One Oduduwa"  came down from heaven to create Earth and populate it.   The Ife populated the area around  800 CE  and by the 11th century CE, Ife  was a metropolis - today every Yoruba city claims descent. The metropolis centered around the Oni'
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NOTES: Chapter 1 > Prehistory in Europe

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  Spotted Horses and Human Hands found in modern day France, 25,000 - 24,000 BCE Link to this article:  Yes, there were spotted ponies , for your interest Learning Objectives: i. The variety of works found in diverse continents ii. Materials used and their application iii. Understand how the visual 'record' infers social and cultural information about the makers who made them iv. Connect the works to Formal Elements & Principles of Design p. 19 Prehistory =  Human existence before the emergence of writing.  These individuals were not making "art" nor were they "artists."   What we have found thus far, is only a very tiny portion of what was probably created on a very wide scale.  Stokstad's text reports  Homo sapiens  appeared about 240,000+ years ago.  Our sub-species to which we belong is  Homo sapiens sapiens  appear about  120,000 BCE. Archaeological evidence has made it clear that modern humans spread from Africa across Asia, into Europe and fin
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