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nok culture: nok, nok, who’s there? yoruba! yoruba who?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Dave

A common stock of philosophical and metaphysical speculation and belief. An internal coherence , secret wisdom and apprehension of realities equal to what the white man conceives themselves to have attained… If we look at the courtly arts of Ife … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Abraham Cresques Catalan Atlas, benin bronze statues, Benin bronzes, Benin Oba palace, Ife and Benin, kingdom of benin, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Nok culture, The Catalan Atlas, tomb of huy-amenhotep, Yoruba people | Leave a comment

the ancient and elaborate

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Dave

The cultures of the African continent was historically, erroneously and conventionally believed to be the product of a more or less timeless and primitive innocence, possessing value chiefly as tributes to spontaneous emotion or as objects of art that were … Continue reading →