Art 4201 Studyguide 2

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AFRICA

Map. See ABW p. 24

Map: Eastern & Southern Africa

Drakensberg, so. Namibia: rock painting: men hunting elands. Nd. ABW 2.2

Drakensberg: shaded polychrome painting: Doe, deer
Drakensberg, so. Namibia: rock painting:

Tassili, Algeria: cattle. Rock painting facsimile. 2500-1500BCE Tassili: cattle gathered next to village huts. Rock painting facsimile. 2500-1500BCE

Saharan rock engraving. Bubalus. C. 8000BCE ?

Saharan rock engraving. Elephant. C. 8000BCE ?

Φ Great Enclosure: Exterior. Great Zimbabwe. 1350-1450. ABW 2.3

Great Enclosure: rock wall, portal

Great Enclosure, plan.

Monolith with bird, Gr. Zimbabwe. Shona. Soapstone. 1200-1450. 5’4½” Great Enclosure. Tower and inner wall. Stone

EGYPT

People, boats, animals. Wall painting, Hierankopolis. 3500-3200BCE

Map: Egypt and Nubia

Pre-dynastic pot: Nile scene. Bef. 3500BCE

Pre-Dynastic jug. Mb fr. Abydos. 35-30CBCE

Carlos

Karnak: Sphinxes. 1400BC

Memphis: Sphinx of Ramsses II. 14th CBCE

Giza: Great Sphinx. 2570-2544 BCE

Taharqa Sphinx  c. 700BC. NWA 3

Khafre: ka statue from Giza. C.2500 BCE

Detail

Menkaure and Khamerenebty. Niliotic OK Egypt. c. 2520BCE. 56” H. slate. NWA 1

Queen TiyNilotic Egypt Amarna Period. C 1375BCE. 3 Ύ”H. ebony, lapis lazuli, gold, mud, wax, paint. NWA 2

Colossal Akhenaten. Fr. Karnak. C. 1356BCE

Akhenaten & Family. C. 1350BCE.

Headrest with fluted pedestal. Egypt. C. 2575BCE. Calcite. 9”H Carlos

Headrest fr. Tutankhamun tomb. Ivory, c. 1333BCE. 6 Ύ”H.

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Φ Headrest. Luba, Congo. By Master of the cascading coiffure. 19th C 7.5” NWA 16

Yaka Headrest -- Anteater. 19th C.

EAST AFRICA   Map

Madagascar: Alo Alo memorial posts, by Efiambolo. Bef. 1970

Φ Kenya: Giryama. Funerary post. 51 Ό”H. wood. ABW 2.4  

Kenya: Giryama. Funerary posts. 51 Ό” – 90” H. wood.   

Φ Rwanda, Burundi: Miniature baskets. Grass, dye. 11”, 9”, 4 3/8”, 5 ½”, 13”. ABW 2.5  

Fulani(Watsabe). Calabash display. So. Niger. Ga’anda: wedding basket w. engraved calabashes. 19 ½”H  

 Engraved Calabash

Motifs for pyro-engraved calabashes

Ethiopia: Church of Debre Behren Selassie. 17th C. pigment on plaster. Ethiopia: Church of Debre Behren Selassie. 17th C. interior view

Debre Behren Selassie. 17th C. wall painting.  pigment on plaster.

Church of Debre Behren Selassie. 17th C. pigment on plaster, ceiling.

Coptic textile Coptic textile fragment

Diptych Altarpiece. Fere Seyon. 1445-80. wood, gesso, tempera

Φ Four Gospels, Lasta. 17th C. parchment.

10 ½” X 9 Ύ” ABW 2.6

Coptic tapestry band. 475-500. 57 Ό X10 Ό” Lives of the Saints (Gadl). 14th C. pigment on goat- or sheep-skin.

CENTRAL AFRICA:

 

Φ Angola: Civilizing hero” figure Chibunda Ilunga. Chokwe. 19th-20th C. wood, human hair. 14” H. ABW 2.8

Map

Chibunda Ilunga. Chokwe. 19th-20th C. another view

female Chokwe figure

Bearded Chokwe figure

Chokwe scepter Scepter detail

Chokwe chair. Wood, brass, tacks, leather. 39” H. 17th C.

Chokwe chief folding seat. Bef. 1850. Wood, hair, brass. 18” H

Congo: Luba. Mkabo (figure with bowl).  By Master of Mulong

Angola: Mvuala staff handle. 19th- 20th C. Ivory. 4 Ό” H. ABW 2.7

Nkisi nkondi. Congo

ΦNkisi nkondi. Congo. NWA 2.9

Congo Male figure

Φ Gabon: reliquary guardian figure (nyo byeri) 19th C. NWA18