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TREVOR ARNETT LIBRARY
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY

THE ART OF THE NEGRO: SIX MURALS
by  Hale Woodruff

Panel 1 - Native Forms

The art of the African manifested itself in a diversity of forms, styles and materials.  Here are hunters disguised as birds and animals; mask forms, sculptors at work, stone carving; cave painting. 

Panel 2 - Interchange

The artists of Africa were long in contact with the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians of antiquity.  Here are symbolic columns--Greece, Egyptian, African and Roman; and sculptural forms. 

Panel 3 - Dissipation

With the coming of the European to Africa, much of the native culture and art was destroyed. Here is pictured the burning of the Great Capitol of Benin as well as general symbolizing of the looting and plundering. 

Panel 4 - Parallels

Different groups of people with similar cultural motivation have developed art forms.  Here are totemic forms of the North, West, and American Indian.  

Panel 5 - Influences

The impact of African Art upon the works of the modern artist.  Here the Cuban and Haitian forms, architectural decor, and contemporary African forms. 

Panel 6 - Artists

The Negro artist has achieved eminence in various times and places throughout history.  Here are muses symbolizing the cultural backgrounds which have characterized the works of artists. 

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[[image]] A rectangle with 17 numbered ovals representing the muses on the panel.