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-Origins-

The origins of African art lie long before recorded history. African rock art in the Sahara in Niger preserves 6000-year-old carvings . The earliest known sculptures are from the Nok culture of Nigeria, made around 500 BCE. Along with sub-Saharan Africa, the cultural arts of the western tribes, ancient Egyptian artifacts, and indigenous southern crafts also contributed greatly to African art.

Often depicting the abundance of surrounding nature, the art was often abstract interpretations of animals, plant life, or natural designs and shapes.

More complex methods of producing art were developed sub-Saharan Africa around the 10th century, some of the most notable advancements include the bronzework of Igbo Ukwu and the terracottas an metalworks of Ile ifeBronze and brass castings, often ornamented with ivory and precious stones, became highly prestigious in much of West Africa, sometimes being limited to the work of court artisans and identified with royalty, as with the Benin Bronzes.

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African Art's Influence on Western art

At the start of the twentieth century, art ists like Picasso, Matisse and Modigliani were profoundly inspired by
abstract African sculptures in their search for new forms of expression.
For the West, the cubist movement was the first time traditional African masks and sculptures
were analysed as works of art rather than ethnographic pieces.

Picasso's African influenced period lasted from approximately 1907 to 1909,
when he based many works on African aesthetics, art and design.
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