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ART AND AESTHETICS:The Artistic Enterprise in Pre/Postcolonial African Societies
Art and Aesthetics DefinedConcepts of Beauty
Two Manifestations of Beauty:Outer Beauty –Ewa OdeInner Beauty—Ewa Inu
Iwa– Being, Character, site of Personality/Spirituality
Artistic Criteria
EphebismYouthfulness
Shinning SmoothnessLuminosity
Emotional ProportionSocial Proportion
CompletenessFunctionalityPolyrhythms
The Head—Ori as a site of spirituality, shrine, and altar
2 manifestations:Outer Head—Ori odeInner Head—Ori inu
Head of an Ooni,Ife, Nigeria11th/12th centuryLeaded Brass
Fragment of an ExecutionerIfe, Nigeria11th /13th century Terracotta
Lajuwa, royal usurperTerra-cotta,Ife, Yoruba, 12/15th cent.(odo) Ephebism: relative youthfulness
Ooni,Leaded brass,Appr.18.in.Ife, Yoruba, 14/15th cent.(Pipe) completeness & emotional proportion
Sango Shrine Sculptures,Yoruba, NigeriaWood, 20th cent.-aesthetics of social proportion
Bronze Plaque,Appr.21.in.Benin, Nigeria, 16/17th cent.Aesthetics of social proportions
Sowei Headdress,Sande society, (Gola, Vai Peoples)Liberia Sierra LeoneWood, pigment20th centuryRelative luminosity/shinning smoothness
Kente, hand-woven fabric, Ghana, 20th. Cent, aesthetics of polyrhythms
Linguist staff,Wood, gold leaf, 20th Cent.Metaphor of leadership
Fire spitter mask (kponugu), Senufo, Ivory CoastWood, 20th century art as metaphor
Edan Ogboni,Yoruba, NigeriaBronze 19th centuryMetaphor for cooperationAnd coexistence