Examples of transAfrican in the following topics:
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- The transAfrican style of art was manifest in the work of Jeff Donaldson, an African American visual artist whose work helped define the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
- Within his works and collaborative efforts, Donaldson essentially became the founder of the new, uniting aesthetic known as transAfricanism.
- TransAfrican art is characterized by rhythmic use of lines, vibrant colors, bold patterns, motion, and often an emotional intensity.
- Much work made within the transAfrican style borrows heavily from Yoruba traditions.
- Identify the traditional Yoruba references found in contemporary transAfrican style art.
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- Douglas’ engagement with African and Egyptian design brought him to the attention of W.
- Locke, who were pressing for young African American artists to express their African heritage and African American folk culture in their art.
- Jacob Lawrence (Atlantic City, NJ September 7, 1917; Seattle June 9, 2000) was an African-American painter known for his portrayal of African-American life.
- Lawrence is among the best-known 20th-century African-American painters.
- The series depicted the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.
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- Beliefs about the spirit world are deeply embedded in traditional African culture, but were heavily influenced by Christianity and Islam.
- Like all human cultures, African folklore and religion is diverse and varied.
- Most African masks are made with wood and can also be decorated with ivory, animal hair, plant fibers, pigments, stones, and semi-precious gems.
- Despite the drastic decrease in native African religions, some modern art in Africa has worked to reincorporate traditional spiritual beliefs.
- Discuss the role of African masks, statues, and sculptures in relation to the spirit world.
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- Many African communities were governed and administered by a council of elders.
- Elders still play an important function in many African communities today .
- Colonial rule drastically transformed traditional African leadership structures.
- The African Union has a parliamentary government, known as the African Union Government, consisting of legislative, judicial, and executive organs, which is led by the African Union President and Head of State.
- Assess the negative impacts of colonialism on traditional African leadership structures.
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- Many contemporary African arts borrow heavily from traditional predecessors.
- Numerous exhibitions at the Museum for African Art in New York and the African Pavilion at the 2007 Venice Biennale, which showcased the Sindika Dokolo African Collection of Contemporary Art, have gone a long way to countering many of the myths and prejudices that haunt contemporary African art.
- When Okwui Enwezor from Nigeria was appointed as artistic director of the international exhibition Documenta 11, his African-centered vision of art propelled the careers of countless African artists onto the international stage.
- A number of vigorous popular traditions assimilate Western influences into African styles, such as the elaborate fantasy coffins in shapes such as airplanes, cars, or animals of West African cities and the banners of clubs.
- Identify the leadings artists, styles, and exhibitions of contemporary African art.
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- In a growing climate of interest in Africa, artists such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse began to look toward African artwork as inspiration for some of their work.
- Picasso's so-called "African Period," which lasted from 1906 to 1909, was the period in which he painted in a style which was strongly influenced by African sculpture and particularly traditional African masks.
- In May or June 1907, Picasso experienced a "revelation" while viewing African art at the ethnographic museum at Palais du Trocadéro.
- Other works of Picasso's African Period include the Bust of a Woman (1907), Mother and Child (1907), Nude with Raised Arms (1907), and Three Women (1908).
- The two figures on the right are the beginnings of Picasso's African period.
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- African artifacts were being brought back to Paris museums following the expansion of the French empire into Africa.
- The press was abuzz with exaggerated stories of cannibalism and exotic tales about the African kingdom of Dahomey.
- The mistreatment of Africans in the Belgian Congo was exposed in Joseph Conrad's popular book, Heart of Darkness.
- This painting is also considered a protocubist work bridging Picasso's African and Cubist periods.
- Picasso was greatly influenced by Gauguin's African inspired works like The Moon and The Earth.
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- African architecture is exceptionally diverse from region to region and has been subject to numerous external influences.
- As with most architectural traditions elsewhere, African architecture has been subject to numerous external influences from the earliest periods for which evidence is available.
- In the city of Abidjan, the majority of buildings were still designed by high-profile non-African architects.
- Lunda dwellings (from the Kingdom of Lunda, a pre-colonial African confederation of states in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Angola, and northwestern Zambia from c. 1665–1887) display the square and the cone-on-ground types of African vernacular architecture.
- Evaluate the influences of Baroque, Arab, Turkish, and Gujarati Indian architectural styles on traditional African architecture.
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- The oldest African art dates to the Mesolithic and late Upper Paleolithic boundary and includes mostly rock-art.
- The oldest African art is dated to the Mesolithic and late Upper Paleolithic boundary, about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago.
- Originating in the Nile River Valley, early African art depicts a variety of human and animal life executed using both rock-art methods of painting and engraving.
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- The rite of passage, still practiced by some Africans today, is a traditional ceremony in which a person enters into a new phase of life.
- Rites of passage in African culture have undergone many changes from pre-colonial to contemporary times.
- While many rituals and ceremonies are still practiced today, many Africans - especially those in more urban areas - no longer practice them.
- Since 1979, there have been concerted efforts by both African activists and international bodies to end the practice.
- Several African countries have enacted legislation against it, including Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Togo, and Uganda.