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[https://www.monroeblackheritagemuseum.org/blog/african-art-in-antiquity by Art & Heritage] | [https://www.monroeblackheritagemuseum.org/blog/african-art-in-antiquity by Art & Heritage] | ||
Long before the first brushstroke of a Raphael or da Vinci, African artists were casting bronze, carving stone, and shaping spiritual and social life through forms of astonishing power and sophistication. While many museums and textbooks still trace the origins of “high art” to the European Renaissance, the truth is far older, more global—and far more African. | Long before the first brushstroke of a Raphael or da Vinci, African artists were casting bronze, carving stone, and shaping spiritual and social life through forms of astonishing power and sophistication. While many museums and textbooks still trace the origins of “high art” to the European Renaissance, the truth is far older, more global—and far more African. | ||
=====Unit 1: African art, an introduction===== | |||
[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-africa/african-art-introduction by Khan Academy] | |||
Historical overviews of the art of Africa | |||
