African Sculpture (Elek Art Ebook) pdf

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When it was 'discovered' in that lively period immediately following the First World War, African sculpture was hailed by some as the most vital new influence available to the twentieth century artist. Fauves and Cubists turned for inspiration towards African art in much the same way that the Impressionists before them had looked to the Far East; and in the strong, bold forms of Negro sculpture they found much to draw on. But in calling it 'naive' and 'barbarous' the first enthusiasts were ignorant of the important cultural bases of this art.
In the last twenty years ethnographic research has given a richer sense to the work of the African artist, in locating it in the milieu which created it, explaining its function and its symbolic value