African art plays a major role in the African society
Africa Research Project African art plays a major role in the African society. Their fine art is a significant part of African culture and history of the world. Their art influences other artists in the civilization to create their own art as a way to express their stories and traditions. Their art can be interpreted in many different ways; however, they all tend to be based on the same situations. Those situations go back to the early African history. Although some people do not believe that art can influence how people act, African art influences how they behave because people, who use art to communicate and speak for them, often are moved by the art and revolutionize who they are. African art goes back to the earliest times of history. African art shapes the culture and forms a richer history in the world. It leads all the way back to 5th century BC, with sculptures made by African artists. It can be seen as early as 500 BC in the Nok culture in Nigeria. The Nok culture made human and animal figures out of clay. They made the heads of the figures larger than the heads of real human beings as a symbol interpreted by the African people. This is where pottery figures were first found. African art history started from the beginning of time with Rock Art. Some Rock Art is recorded to be 75 000 years old. We found Terracotta heads and figures in Ife, which can be dated from the 12th to 15th century. African woodcarvings were also found around the 19th to 20th century AD. There was a wide variety of tribal art found in 20th century AD. Starting from the earliest times of BC, African art has grown and become more detailed as more resources have been used. African art slowly impacted and changed Africa and Africa's history. Most of the earliest art was sculptures showing a human figure creating spiritual balance. Most of the artists were early twentieth century artists exploring visual art, forming the modern day love for art. For more modern African art, as in