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The Aesthetic Value And Modern Sense Of African Sculpture

Posted on:2009-03-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360245954609Subject:Fine Arts
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Beginning of the 20th century, a sudden influx of tropical Africa carvings European art, breaking the Europe of the United States and many of the established definition of the relevant characteristics of the image modeling concepts add new things. African artists in their works in the content of the expression gradually people more easily understood. African National Science and Cultural History of the study, this has also helped to understand the basic elements of sculpture. They show a variety of small gods, ancestors of the soul, a beast Monster people, as well as the myth of content, such as carving and modeling of the image of reality has a special link; Sculptor always paid attention to maintaining the image of real people, because this is their kind of threat to the maintenance of or the existence of superhuman strength insignificant concept calls for. African artists reflect their human or animal image, it has created only know their own, but will be able to feel that this specific form of symbolic power. Africa carving art does not exist in isolation, with Africans and people of African traditional religious beliefs of local customs and practices, human geography, and so has close ties to the real understanding of African sculpture art, the importance of Africa, in their background environment in-depth understanding and experience.Based on traditional African sculpture and contemporary African art sculpture in the traditional inheritance of some outstanding works for the study, a comprehensive study that is to put Africa Carving it to the birth of the African background to study the environment, through the African cultural traditions and Conventional practices a profound understanding of the African carvings overall aesthetic evaluation. Also summarized the three African carvings aesthetic value: Content United States, beauty of form, style the United States, and African carvings on the causes of aesthetic value as well as its modern sense.
Keywords/Search Tags:African sculpture, aesthetic value of religious belief, ethical practices, modern sense
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