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[https://www.invaluable.com/blog/a-look-at-ancient-african-art-and-its-influence-on-modern-works/?srsltid=AfmBOorQ9IfTpCoa6VCfU6FUISr6PtpNK9Mxe1KZYXam8nV9R0H53kYR by invaluable] | [https://www.invaluable.com/blog/a-look-at-ancient-african-art-and-its-influence-on-modern-works/?srsltid=AfmBOorQ9IfTpCoa6VCfU6FUISr6PtpNK9Mxe1KZYXam8nV9R0H53kYR by invaluable] | ||
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. | 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. | ||
=====The Arts of Pre-Colonial Africa===== | |||
[https://courtauld.ac.uk/research/frank-davis-memorial-lecture-series/the-arts-of-pre-colonial-africa/ by Frank Davis Memorial Lectures 2019 The Courtauld] | |||
The 2019 Frank Davis Memorial Series invited four distinguished speakers to share new research in African art before the continent-wide colonialisation of the nineteenth century. Looking at the African material on its own terms rather than in light of Europe while also allowing us to understand the intercontinental and wider networks: the ways in which its various kingdoms centred themselves and connected with cultural worlds beyond. | |||
