Ceremonial Wood Mask
Tribal Art has been part of African culture for over 6,000 years. There are hundreds of tribes in Africa and each has its own unique style of forms adding diversity art African tribal art. The best known forms of African tribal art are:
1. Sculpture
Most African sculptures are made of wood. Often in these wooden sculptures, artists represent the spirits of the dead. Features as symmetrical facial expressions, strong, stand still, and the representation of humans in the fullness of life, a large head and prominent navels can be seen in the human woodcarvings.
2. Ceramics
The beauty of the artwork of Africa also you can tell from the various traditional utensils and ceramics. Handmade glasses, pots, clay bowls and plates were painted by artists more for each one of the main attractions. Along with wood and clay, some terracotta pieces of real antiquity have been found tell us about the naivete of these ancient peoples.
3. Jewelry
Items such as earrings, neck pieces, bracelets and other jewelry pieces tribal society in Africa is one of a kind and a real ceremony or a history of daily use. Handmade jewelry made from hair of elephant, giraffe hair, lion's claw, ivory, animal bones, are not only beautiful but also unique in its own way.
4. Masks
Now let's move on to masks. Who does not know about African masks? In most traditional forms of dance, dancers wear masks. In Africa ritual costumes fact remains incomplete without masks. Face masks are used during processions, festivals and other celebrations, and even funerals. There are tribal masks, even African animals such as elephants, zebras and antelopes.
5. Paintings
African Painters use very abstract and visually regulated fees, along with different shades of colors to represent the qualities and characteristics of any subject. Nature is the most common theme in the paintings of Africa.
In many African tribal art forms, artists try to capture the different forms of animals and plants. However, the unifying theme is the fascination with the human figure. There are some famous painters of the Western world that were heavily influenced by the paintings of Africa, as Gauguin, Modigliani, Van Gogh, Matisse and Picasso.
About the Author:
Tony Chalmers is a travel journalist who has written many insightful articles on African tribal art forms which have been published in newspapers, magazines and web mags. He is also a collector and is a proud owner of some beautiful African paintings.
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – African Tribal Art – a Rich Heritage of Fascinating Diversity
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