The Visual Culture of Africa: Art and Aesthetics |
Unit 1: Introduction to the Ideas and Images of African Arts |
Unit 1A: Aesthetics |
Unit 2a: Bocie Arts: An Introduction |
Unit 2b: Bocie Arts: A Review |
Unit 2c: Bocie Exam: Answer Guide |
Unit 3a: Baule Spirit Mates. Part One: The Context |
Unit 3b: Baule Dreams and Baule Fashion |
Unit 4: Ethiopian Scrolls: A Disembodied Aesthetic of Dispossession |
Unit 5: Sowo: An Embodied Aesthetic of Female SpiritualityUnit 5: alternative version for printing (smaller pictures) |
Unit 6: Calling on the Gods: The Embodied Aesthetic of Haitian VodouUnit 6A: Haitian Images and Their "Relatives" (more examples of Haitian art) |
Unit 7: The Architecture of the Gods: The Igbo Mbari |
Unit 8 : Metaphors and Meanings of House: African Painted House Traditions |
Conclusion: Authenticity and African Art |
Extensions (a bibliography and additional images and resources) |
educational materials initially created for Art 3610: African Art, spring 99, by:Roann Barris, Ph.D.,with a great deal of instructional tech. support from Dr. Michael Chen, and some student assistance with scanning from Mary Ann South and Courtney La Zier |