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Analytic Compositions:: Portraiture and Nudes. |
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THE SILENT DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE CUBISTS AND THEIR AFRICAN INTERCESSORSTHE DIALOGUE SILENCIEUX ENTRE LES CUBISTES ET LEURS INTERCESSEURS AFRICAINS |
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The Black Delivery La Delivrance Noire |
"I have experienced my
greatest artistic emotions, when I suddenly discovered the sublime beauty
of sculptures executed by the anonymous artists from Africa. These passionate
and rigorously logical religious works are what the human imagination
has produced as most potent and most beautiful..." At that moment, I realized what painting was all about! "J'ai
eprouve mes plus grandes emotions artistiques quand j'ai soudain decouvert
la sublime beaute des sculptures executees par les anonymes artistes de
l'Afrique. Ces oeuvres religieuses pleines de passion et de logique rigoureuse
representent ce que l'imagination humaine a produite de plus puissant
et de plus beau." |
| Mbuya
Mask, Pende-Congo |
Girl
Before a Mirror, 1932 - France |
Mask
Boa, Congo |
head
Of A Man, 1908-picasso, France |
Masque Mbuya, Pende-Congo |
Jeune Fille devant le miroir, 1932 - France |
Masque Boa, Congo |
Tête d'homme, 1908-Picasso, France |
| The Female Nude as the site of Modernity - (P. Meecham & J. Sheldon). "We should ask WHY, at the inception of the Modernist Movement, styling the Female Nude according to the pictorial habits of an African Sculptor was seen as a worthwhile formal exercise for western artists." (Modern Art: A Critical Introduction) |
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| Bust of the Woman, 1907 | Nude with Drapery, 1907 | Three Women, 1908 |
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