Explain the myth of "primitive" art and how it applies to African art
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
The term "primitive" means "early," but it was used to imply that the art was crude, simple, and backward.
The use of the term was rooted in racism and colonialism.
Criteria used to label a people primitive included Stone Age technology, the absence of written histories, and the failure to build "great" cities.
The first European visitors to Africa admired politically and economically sophisticated urban centers.
Westerners perceived African artists as craft workers bound to styles and images dictated by village elders.
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