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AfricaThe Myth Of Primitivism, Functionalism, Structuralism, And "one Tribe, One Style", Beyond Sub-saharan African Art
Between 1520 and 1521, the famous German painter and engraver Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) purchased two African ivory carvings in the Netherlands. He was so impressed by their craftsmanship that he noted in his diary:
all sorts of marvelous objects for human use much more beautiful to behold than things spoken of in fairy tales. … And in all the days of my life, I have seen nothing which rejoiced my heart as these things—for I saw among them wondrous artful things and I wondered over the subtle genius of these men in strange countries. (Fagg, p. 9)
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- Arts - Overview - The "era Of Art", From Ars To Arte To Beaux-arts, The "arts" And Other Cultures
- Arts - Africa - The Myth Of Primitivism
- Arts - Africa - Functionalism, Structuralism, And "one Tribe, One Style"
- Arts - Africa - Beyond Sub-saharan African Art
- Arts - Africa - The Paradox Of Modernism
- Arts - Africa - The Traditional, Neotraditional, And Authentic
- Arts - Africa - Pan-africanism, Negritude, Decolonization, And The Search For A New Identity
- Arts - Africa - The Postcolonial, Postmodern, And Transnational
- Arts - Africa - Bibliography
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