ARTH 380 Final Exam || with 100% Verified Solutions.
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What is the Natural Synthesis paradigm? correct answers an artist studies an art form indigenous to their ethnicity and reformulates a modernistic aesthetic and formal style based on that art
How does the Natural Synthesis paradigm act as a model for creating a nationalist art that is both moder...
ARTH 380 Final Exam || with 100% Verified Solutions.
What is the Natural Synthesis paradigm? correct answers an artist studies an art form indigenous to their ethnicity and reformulates a modernistic aesthetic and formal style based on that art
How does the Natural Synthesis paradigm act as a model for creating a nationalist art that is both
modern and Nigerian? correct answers Driven in defiance of colonialism, it speaks to the condition of freedom that is inherent in political independence.
in the Zaria Art society, artists champion a national identity through contemporary art infused with their ethnic roots through extensive study of both Nigerian and European knowledge/technique
In short, how is Okeke's work a part of the NSP (Natural Synthesis paradigm)?
hint: 2 words correct answers regionalized nationalism
In short, how is Nwoko's art a part of the NSP? correct answers idealized pan-Nigerian creative intervention in Nigerian cultural politics
How did research in their homelands affect Zaria Society artists' work? correct answers it did not
affect their formal style, but greatly influenced their thematic preoccupation
What is the inspiration for Okeke's Oja Suite drawings? correct answers Igbo folklore - he researched the folkloare and conducted research in Uli mural and body art.
what are the main aesthetic principles of Uli art? correct answers Linearity and primacy of line (the uli line)
abstract motifs drawn from known objects, phenomena, or ideas (simplification of form)
Why did Okeke study Igbo folklore? correct answers it allowed him to explore, reclaim, and assert his Igbo artistic and cultural heritage, staying within his ethnicity (classic NSP)
What do the Oja Suite drawings demonstrate? correct answers the formal lessons he learned from
experimenting with Igbo Uli art and design
When were the Oja Suite drawings produced? correct answers Following Okeke's time in Zaria in the early 1960s.
Describe the formal elements of Head of a Girl that can be attributed to Uli art and design. correct answers Straight line running from forehead to mouth, broken an M-shaped line (representing nostrils), before continuing and ending in a spiral mark representing the mouth. Eyes and hair are also spirals. this spiral is a key aspect of Okeke's drawings, stemming from the reoccurring spiral motif in Uli
art.
The motifs are void of meaning, with significance being fulfilled by context.
What does the spiral represent in Okeke's work? correct answers drawn from Uli motifs, it is used as a reoccurring form to represent human, animal, and cosmic forms. It is void of meaning, with context fulfilling its significance.
How does Okeke view his act of drawing? correct answers Dance-like, with almost all lines ending in a spiral, giving the appearance that the artist's pen was dancing across the paper.
How does Okeke's work satisfy the modern/nigerian parameters of the NSP? correct answers It has the experimentational approach expected of modernist art without relying on Western ideas or tactics. It is entirely a synthesis of Igbo Uli form and idea, with modernist formal experimentation of form devoid of meaning.
What is the inspiration for Nwoko's terracotta sculptures? correct answers Nok sculptures from Northern Nigeria - ancient artefacts from 500BCE-200CE
How did Nwoko's sculptures connect to his heritage? How were they different from Okeke's 'traditional' approach? correct answers Connected to his general Nigerian ethnic heritage, but defied the expectation to build on his specific regional ethnicity (Igbo)
When did Nwoko begin making his Nok-inspired sculptures and with what material? correct answers 1964
clays used by traditional potters in Southern Nigeria
What 'look' was Nwoko trying to accomplish with the clay? correct answers a variegated surface patina characteristic of ancient pottery and terracotta
How does Nwoko's Adam and Eve, Titled Woman satisfy Nok tropes? (4 points) correct answers
- large head
- tubular body parts
- holes for pupils
- nondescript hands and feet
What modern changes does Nwoko implement in Adam and Eve, Titles Woman? correct answers - removing classic triangular eye shapes
- adding expression to face that gives the work a human portrait-like persona (suggesting emotion that goes against traditionally impersonal nature of Nok sculpture)
Name the example artwork for Nwoko correct answers Adam and Eve, Titled Woman
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