traditional african art Flashcards
what does traditonal africna art mostly consist of ?
ceramics, bead work, masks, textiles, and sculptures
what is the african art called traditional art?
it has recoginisable stylistic continunity that peoples to a certain group of poeple
whar was traditional art used for ?
were not made for the purpose of viewing art but for social religious or ulitiatiran purposea
traditional art is classified as?
artefacts
every figure and form pf art is painted in what way/
individualistic manner
many humans are depicted as/
anthropomorphic
many of the paintings are whar monochromatic/
red
what were the pigments made of ?
mineral oxides . colours darkened by burning the oxides over a open flame
where did the colour black come from?
came from charcoal adn burned bone splinters
what were pigments mixed with ?
blood, sap, egg
to apply paint what brushes did thye use?
they used brushes made of wildebeestn. eland, adn feathers from birds
what was the scale of the images?
larger than life
a mask accompanies the costume such as?
amulets, mdeicines, animal fur, feather, teeth, that all intensify the power of the mask
how are the masks worn ?
helmet mask, crest mask,s face mask, forehead mask, shoulder mask
nmae the different types of masks defines by their physical features
anthropomorphic mask, zoological mask, composite mask
