African aesthetic

While the African continent is vast and its peoples diverse, certain standards of beauty and correctness in artistic expression and physical appearance are held in common among various African societies.[1]

Taken collectively, these values and standards have been characterised as comprising a generally accepted African aesthetic.[2]

  1. ^ Adams, M. (1989). "African visual arts from an art historical perspective". African Studies Review. 32 (2): 55–103. doi:10.2307/523970. JSTOR 523970. S2CID 145648008.
  2. ^ Welsh-Asante, Kariamu (1993). The African Aesthetic: Keeper of the Traditions (Contributions in Afro- and African-American Studies). Greenwood Press. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-313-26549-5.

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