African Art William V. Ganis, PhD
African Art William V. Ganis, PhD. Today you are an art critic For each work of art 1.Write the title 2.Write a description of what you see 3.Tell what.
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African Art
William V. Ganis, PhD
Today you are an art critic
• For each work of art1.Write the title2.Write a description of what you
see3.Tell what you think of it
Nok Art
Nok Head
from Jemaa, Nigeria
5th century B.C.E.terracotta9 13/16 in. high
Nok Head
from Jemaa, Nigeria
5th century B.C.E.terracotta14 3/16 in. high
Igbo-Ukwu Art
Equestrian figure on fly-whisk hilt
from Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria
9th to 10th centurycopper -alloy bronze6 3/4 in. high
Ife Art
King
from Ife, Nigeria
11th to 12th centuryzinc brass18 1/2 in. high
Benin Art
Ivory belt mask of a Queen Mother (Idia)
from Benin, Nigeria
mid-16th centuryivory and iron9 3/8 in. high
Altar of the Hand
from Benin, Nigeria
17th to 18th centurybrass17 1/2 in. high
Warrior Chief and Attendants
from Benin, Nigeria
ca. 1550-1650brass18 3/4 in. high
Djenne Art
Mother and Child
from Djenne, Mali
11th to 14th centuryterracotta11 in. high
Eastern façade of Friday Mosque
Djenne, Mali
13th century, rebuilt 1906-07
Sapi Art
Sapi warrior
from Sierra Leone
15th centuryserpentine7 1/2 in. high
Master of the Symbolic ExecutionSaltcellar
Sapi-Portuguese from Sierra Leone
15th to 16th centuryivory16 7/8 in. high
Great Zimbabwe
Conical Tower
from Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
15th century
Conical Tower
from Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
15th century
Bird with crocodile image on top of stone monolith
from Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
15th centurysoap stonebird image 14 1/2 in. high
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