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Head of an Ooni(used in annual ritual of renewal)Ife, (Yoruba) NigeriaLeaded Brass (Zinc brass)800-500 BP
Idealized naturalism; youthfulnessephebism
Figure of an Ooni in ceremonial regaliaIfe (Yoruba) NigeriaLeaded Brass—Zinc Brass800-500 BP
Emotional proportion
Head of a ritual specialist,Ife (Yoruba) NigeriaTerracotta700-500 BP
Inner/outer beauty; functionality
Modernism within the province of European artFrom 19th-20th century
Modernity; newness; freshness; change; industrialization; disruption
Modernist transplantation in Africa—new idiom; easel painting
Joshua Johnson—Portrait of a Gentleman, oil on canvas, c. 1805-1810 Supposedly Rev. Daniel Coker of the AME; limner tradition
The Limner Tradition Commissioned Portraits
Status -characteristically flat, plain or dark background
With little attention to details Subtle modulation of tones
-Liner approach connected to British/Dutch tradition Frontal Approach/frontally placed—looks directly at the audience
Flowing drapery, ¾ view Proportions contradicts the academic canon of ratio 1:7