specific 4 Flashcards
kente was originally created for and worn solely by
the king in
ceremonial contexts
kente has a historical connection
to ideas of
Asante pride and leadership
would have visually reinforced the elaborate
gold regalia worn and carried by the ruler as well
The liberal use of gold and yellow
tones
Large
swaths of kente cloth were traditionally used as
highly sculptural costuming for the king in Asante
culture.
the first kente cloths were made from black and white , but today
kente cloth is associated with a very bright
color palette
kente cloth – Color was first introduced through
the use of
natural dyes
kente cloth – Today’s textiles are often
created using __ to __
synthetic compounds to achieve the
broader range of color we have come to expect from
modern kente cloth.
In addition to its distinctive color palette, kente
cloth is characterized by its
geometric patterning
4 types of geometric patterning exhibited by kente decor
squares, rectangles,
diamonds, and zig-zag patterns
describe kente cloth weaving process
vertical
threads (warp) are interlaced with horizontal
ones (weft) on a wooden loom
The
double weave technique allows for ____
how??
greater variation
in color, as a second strand is added horizontally
to the weaving process
Kente is traditionally produced
in
four-inch narrow strips, with geometric
shapes woven along their entire length
While the first kente cloth was made of raffia,
during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it
was produced solely in silk
kente cloth – Silk was a highly precious
import material, and so it served as
an appropriate
symbol of the king’s status
Today kente is
made in a variety of natural and synthetic materials,
including
cotton and rayon
the __ and __ centuries in Africa
were largely concerned with issues of colonialism,
the __ and beginnings of the __
centuries have predominantly been characterized
by those of postcolonialism
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19
20
21
The main period of decolonization was long,
from the
early 1950s through the 1970s
Apartheid was the systemic enforcement of racial
segregation and oppression in South Africa from [ years ]
1948 to 1994.
apartheid – black South Africans
were ruled by a white minority government
under the
National Party
Apartheid was only abolished after many
years of political negotiations and maneuvering by
then President
President Frederik Willem de Klerk
south africa – Free and
fair elections in 1994 led to the presidency of __ under __
Nelson Mandela,
African National Congress
apartheid was legally abolished by
1991
William Kentridge was born in
1955
will kentridge grew up in
johannesburg
alhtough will kentridge did not experience racial
oppression himself, he identified with black South
Africans as
he lived as a Jew in a largely Christian
society
Felix in Exile is a short film that is __ in length
8:43
kentridge’s majors
politics and African studies
where was kentridge educated
- University of the
Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, - printmaking
at the Johannesburg Art Foundation
kentridge moved to __ to study __ and __ at __
paris
mime and theater at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq
Through his
work, Kentridge is largely concerned with issues of
ssocial justice
the version of felix in exile held by __ is a ___
Guggenheim
Museum in New York City,
later transfer
to color video
felix in exile originally recorded on
35mm film
felix in exile is part of a series of short animations,
called
drawings for projection
kentridge’s series of short animations feature
two principal characters, who function as the artist’s
alter egos
describe kentridge’s 2 main characters
Soho Eckstein, an avaricious South
African mining magnate in a pinstriped suit and tie,
and Felix Teitlebaum, shown naked and vulnerable
to apartheid’s devastating acts
Felix in Exile is the __ film in the __-film series
5th, 9
felix in exile focuss on
Felix’s love affair with
a young black woman identified as Nand
in felix in exile, felix
looks very
much like the artist himself, is isolated in a hotel
room, looking over drawings created by his lover
the room in felix in exile looks very much like
a famous photograph
of Kazimir Malevich’s 1916 exhibition in St. Petersburg,
The Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings “0-10”
(Zero-Ten)
how is the space in felix in exile msysterious?
Felix and Nandi interact with
each other and her sketches
describe how the sketches in felix in exile are loaded w/ meaning
They are “historical documents,
as figures and structures are subsumed into
the landscape or night sky, allegories for how the
land can bear the scars of crimes against humanity.
