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A broad museological category for the traditional art of sub-Saharan Africa, this category brings together the diverse material culture (including everything from sculpture to textiles to everyday items) of hundreds of disparate groups across Africa. After centuries of being relegated to ethnological displays and curio cabinets, traditional African art entered into the European consciousness (and museums) as “art” at the turn of the 20th century, in part through its association with the European avant-garde. | A broad museological category for the traditional art of sub-Saharan Africa, this category brings together the diverse material culture (including everything from sculpture to textiles to everyday items) of hundreds of disparate groups across Africa. After centuries of being relegated to ethnological displays and curio cabinets, traditional African art entered into the European consciousness (and museums) as “art” at the turn of the 20th century, in part through its association with the European avant-garde. | ||
=====A Look at Ancient African Art and Its Influence on Modern Works===== | |||
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Located on the southwest coast of Africa, the Apollo 11 caves housed slabs of rock displaying representations of animals. These works of African rock art were engraved in stone and painted in charcoal and red, yellow, and white pigments. Dating back to around 25,500 B.C.E., these stones are among the oldest known art objects from the entire African continent. | |||
