Week 12 Readings

11/11/2020: Yoruba Peoples and The Kingdom of Benin

  1. Dr. Christa Clarke, “Aesthetics,” in Smarthistory, October 9, 2016, accessed August 14, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/aesthetics/.
  2. Dr. Christa Clarke, “Form and meaning,” in Smarthistory, October 9, 2016, accessed August 14, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/form-and-meaning/.
  3. Dr. Christa Clarke, “Art and politics,” in Smarthistory, October 28, 2016, accessed August 14, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/art-and-politics/.
  4. The British Museum, “Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa,” in Smarthistory, September 19, 2016, accessed August 14, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/kingdom-of-ife-sculptures-from-west-africa/.
  5. Benjamin Sutton, “Long in Exile, the Looted Benin Bronzes Tell the Story of a Mighty African Kingdom,” https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-long-exile-looted-benin-bronzes-story-mighty-african-kingdom