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[QUOTE]Originally posted by osirion: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by alTakruri: [qb] Everyone doesn't have the same appraisal on naturalistic art being so advanced. It doesn't involve much artistic imagination to precisely copy nature. Talented artist capture the mood or impress by their use of form, line, texture, balance, etc., just as well or better than than technical naturalists display their mastery. Then again some Africans have metaphysical reasons for not replicating nature esecially when it comes to the human form, image, and likeness. The same goes for architecture. Who knows what a particular culture thought about buildings and why? What constitutes advanced architecture? What is the need or motivation for grand monumental architecture and are those drivers "universal"? Eurocentric standards are not the epitome. Many Euro/western artists consider romantic and naturalistic art sterile and academic. Traditional African art profoundly influences modern Euro/western art and is a major contribution to human culture. [QUOTE]Originally posted by osirion: [qb] The same is true in terms of naturalistic art, glassware and writting. Still this thread seems to be silly. Point is that the rest of Africa, outside of the Nile Valley, does not have a great deal of artifacts showing advance architectural understanding that is remotely similar to AE in antiquity. However, the absence of evidence is not proof of abscence. I believe this thread happens to be about stone buildings which are architectural achievements of a society. The Nile Valley far surpasses that of any achivements made in the rest of Africa pre-AD period. Naturalistic art of the Ife is significant as an example but is of much more recent advent. This is one of the most enchanting Ife naturalistic artifacts. Art like this if found all over West Africa. However, art like this was produced in the last millenium. [/qb][/QUOTE][/qb][/QUOTE]Actually I am expecting an answer like that and to some degree must agree that abstract art shows more imagination and therefore is an advancement in spiritual expression. However, when I said advancement I meant technological advancement. It takes a great deal of technology to replicate nature precisely (using the correct proportions and geometry, etc). The refinement of techniques to produce the naturalistic art of the Ife is far more technically advance than what we see in terms of masks from New Guinea. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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