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 [https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/121/a-gallery-of-ancient-african-art/ by Mark Cartwright 30/4/21]
   In this gallery, we look at striking examples of art from across the African continent. In gold, stone and metals, ancient and medieval African artists have not only given us unique pieces of art to admire but their works are also an insight into their respective cultures whether it be certain animals which were revered, the consideration of the human head as the container of the soul or simply what kind of jewellery was popular.
+=====Introduction to the History of Classical African Art=====
+[https://selvajournal.org/article/classical-african-art/ by Babacar Mbaye Diop SELVA]
+ Various recent scientific methods have allowed us to obtain data useful for constructing a true history of African art. In order to describe the evolution of classical African art, some scholars have favored tribal classification, others a historical approach, and others, finally, functional analysis. William Fagg (1964) claims that in Africa, at an artistic level, each tribe makes up its own closed universe; its horizon stops at its own borders.[2] These are, he says, discrete and exclusive groups; for them, art expresses their internal solidarity and their autonomy, and in turn distinguishing them from each other.

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