Required works: AP art history Overview Guide: Africa 1100–1980 C.E. Historical overview of the African continent: to 1600 By Dr. Christa Clarke Recent discoveries in southern Africa provide remarkable evidence of the earliest stirrings of human creativity. Learn more Historical overview of the African continent: from the 1600s to the present By Dr. Christa Clarke By the sixteenth century, Western trade involved Africans being forcibly brought to the Americas as slaves. Learn more African art and the effects of European contact and colonization By Dr. Peri Klemm Arts practices on the African continent have evolved both independently of and in response to European imperialism. Learn more Introduction to Islam By Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay Islam, one the world’s main monotheistic faiths, was founded in the 7th century by Muhammad, a merchant from Mecca. Learn more Form and meaning in African art By Dr. Christa Clarke Many forms of African art are characterized by visual abstraction or departure from representational accuracy. Learn more Aesthetics in African art By Dr. Christa Clarke Objects created by African artists often express, aesthetic, functional, and moral values all at once. Learn more Religion and the Spiritual Realm in African art By Dr. Christa Clarke In addition to local indigenous religions, Christianity and Islam are also practiced throughout Africa. Learn more Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa By The British Museum Ife’s refined and highly naturalistic sculptural tradition was unlike anything else in Africa at the time. Learn more The human figure, animals and symbols in African art By Dr. Christa Clarke Who told you not to get a big head? In some African art, a large head is believed to guide one to success! Learn more Art and politics in Africa By Dr. Christa Clarke Art has always played a role in African politics—both in large kingdoms and smaller, village-based societies. Learn more Rites of passage and African art By Dr. Christa Clarke In transitional periods, art objects are often employed to assist rites of passage and reinforce community values. Learn more
Historical overview of the African continent: to 1600 By Dr. Christa Clarke Recent discoveries in southern Africa provide remarkable evidence of the earliest stirrings of human creativity. Learn more
Historical overview of the African continent: from the 1600s to the present By Dr. Christa Clarke By the sixteenth century, Western trade involved Africans being forcibly brought to the Americas as slaves. Learn more
African art and the effects of European contact and colonization By Dr. Peri Klemm Arts practices on the African continent have evolved both independently of and in response to European imperialism. Learn more
Introduction to Islam By Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay Islam, one the world’s main monotheistic faiths, was founded in the 7th century by Muhammad, a merchant from Mecca. Learn more
Form and meaning in African art By Dr. Christa Clarke Many forms of African art are characterized by visual abstraction or departure from representational accuracy. Learn more
Aesthetics in African art By Dr. Christa Clarke Objects created by African artists often express, aesthetic, functional, and moral values all at once. Learn more
Religion and the Spiritual Realm in African art By Dr. Christa Clarke In addition to local indigenous religions, Christianity and Islam are also practiced throughout Africa. Learn more
Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa By The British Museum Ife’s refined and highly naturalistic sculptural tradition was unlike anything else in Africa at the time. Learn more
The human figure, animals and symbols in African art By Dr. Christa Clarke Who told you not to get a big head? In some African art, a large head is believed to guide one to success! Learn more
Art and politics in Africa By Dr. Christa Clarke Art has always played a role in African politics—both in large kingdoms and smaller, village-based societies. Learn more
Rites of passage and African art By Dr. Christa Clarke In transitional periods, art objects are often employed to assist rites of passage and reinforce community values. Learn more
