African art
African art describes moderne and historical painting sculptures and visual culture from native or ingenious Africains and African countries and also african disaporas[1].
The expression ( art ) of african creative and imagination such as sculptures, paintings, music, danses, rythms etc.. is originally relacted from the culture and the traditon of Africa.
West Africa art influenced most of the time Europe art. West African cultures developed Bronze casting for reliefs like the famous Benin Bronze in 12th - 14th centuries. The used metal to decorate palace and royal rooms.
Akan people or ashanti people used gold and Bronze to decorate the stool and throne.
Traditional african religions[edit]
traditional african religions have been extremely influential on african art accross differents countries. They are using differents art in Bronze, gold, aluminium and hood from the theme of religious symbolism, functionalism etc. They are creating differents pieces of art to represente the spiritual powers they believed.
Many african cultures emphasize the importance of ancestors as intermediaries between the living, gods, and the supreme creator and art is seen as a way to communicate with the pure spirits of ancestors. In the reality african are not worship the spirits of evil ancestors but those who share love and protected their people from sikness and enemies.
In the 15th century, when the christianism arrived in west Africa especially the catholic church it used annother form of art different from protestant church who only believe in Christ as a spirit not a statut.
Traditional music[edit]
The traditional music of Africa started from the Old times in Africa. this music was giving orally and nobody wrote it. The traditional music of Africa is relacted first of all to the ancestors religion and the culture.
In 10th century in the empire of Tado in west Africa the traditional music was popular cause every people of the great Ewe ethnic group like fon, kotafon, adja, and Ewe people were together as one people. The are using the traditional instruments made by iron and hood.
The traditional music is also a music that related by the local language.
The traditional singing and chanting of ashanti people moved through a colorfull palette of instruments including water drums, rectangular frames drum side-blown horns and brass bands[2]. They are also using the metal instruments and their voice in the local language is the base of their traditional music.
Modern music[edit]
The modern music of Africa takes his sources in the traditional music of Africa.
The modern music of Africa start from Congo.
Sculpture[edit]
The sculpture of Africa was born with the ancestors religion.
Culture
gallery[edit]
africa religion is the base of every strangers religon.
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