Art, Craft, Spiritual Works Flashcards
John muafangejo
Influences
Rorkes drift helped him develop his linocut as medium
Subject
Variety
Reflects his state of mind & daily experiences like a diary
Stylistic characteristics
Printmaker, especially linocut
Told stories in black & white
Autobiographical nature referring to humorous incidents in his life
Shallow space
Texts resemble print from medieval illuminated manuscript
Contribution. Influenced generations of printmakers in Southern Africa
Jackson Hlungwani
Influence
African sculpture
Combination of traditional & Christian beliefs
Expression of his vision from God
Subject matter
Guided by spiritual beliefs & used to teach at sermons
Sculptures as communication of christ & ancestors through him
Contrast good and evil
Stylistic characteristics
Distortions of proportions & abstractions of form reflect emotional proportion
Strong angular edges of forms
Simplified features
Texture reflects natural wood grain