African Art
"African art is rooted in religion. this does not mean that Africans would be so presumptuous as to make images of the great creator-god. it is rather the case that they try to put the divine power, the eternal vital force which suffuses creation, into a form that befits it, thereby ensuring its favourable disposition and enlisting its aid and protection. African works of art -- masks , sculptures and other ritual implements -- are nothing less thatn media designed for a supernatural power. they have to be fashioned with such beauty and precision, with such appropriateness, that they please the spirit and persuade it to take up its aboede in them. this it does in special ceremonies, which the priest combines with sacrifices and invocations; at the climax of the ritual the presence of the divine spirit makes itself felt to the worshipper with the greatest immediacy and intensity." From the above passage by Leuzinger we can tell that the art of Africa has played and still does play a very important role in the ever
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Museum Fine, , Unlike Greeks, african art, art display, secret society, vital force,
Approximate Word count = 695
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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