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AR 222 African Art Fall 2020 Professor Kearns African Aesthetic Analysis I Assignment: You are to choose a work of art, preferably a sculpture, which you perceive to be beautiful, and/or a great work of art, from either text, African Art in Cultural Perspective or Early Art and Architecture of Africa. African Aesthetic Analysis I is due Thursday February 13, 2020. It is a minimum of five pages, maximum eight pages, and should include the use of one documented source and follow the format below. African Aesthetic Analysis I Format 1. Title Page, top: African Aesthetic Analysis I Title of Work Media Date Genre (If it is also a subgenre, include here.) Culture and Region Title Page, bottom: Your Name, Title of Course, Due Date 2. Analysis 1. Introduction. In the first paragraph discuss the reason or reasons why you perceive this work is beautiful and/or a great work of art. The reason(s) you give are any that are genuine to you. 2. Analyze each aesthetic element, following the African Aesthetic Elements page. Use one paragraph for each element, and do address each element in precise detail. 3. Conclusion. The conclusion is at least one paragraph, but can be two, which summarizes the learning or importance you received from analyzing this work. If you have had an aesthetic experience, identify the new understanding you received. Or, if you received new insights or perceptions on African art, aesthetics, culture, the perceptual process, or yourself, discuss these. Your insights or perceptions may be personal or aesthetic, i.e., any findings that are genuine and of value to you. 3. Addenda. One source citation. If the work is able to be downloaded from the internet, and some in the text are, please do, but this is not a requirement
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Introduction
The phrase African aesthetic can be defined as African appreciations and perceptions
of value, nature, and beauty of artistic representations or expressions of African origin
(Dapena-Tretter & Pelton, 2018). It is embodied in African practices and embedded in the
plurality of African cultures within their lived African societal contexts. It is directly associated
with and draws from the diverse spiritual, religious, cultural, historical, environmental, or
geographical experiences of Africans. Therefore, it is an important element of the intangible
and tangible cultural heritage of African people that concurrently reinforces their cultural unity
and affirms their diversity. African aesthetic offers symbolic representation that communicates
what it means to be an African to generations to come in Africa and other parts of the world.
In the diaspora, most Africans have preserved some of their traditional aesthetic elements that
are portrayed in their artworks, music (dance and song), ornamentation, hairstyles, and dress
(Thompson, 2004). Defining and preserving the origin and identity ...


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