This was first used in Benin culture to keep track of kings and tell stories of past events.
What is Benin sculpture or art
100
The larger the head, the more ___________ it was able to hold.
What is Ase
100
These people started influencing the Benin's culture and art during their Middle Period
Who is the Europeans/Portuguese
100
The art of making three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, esp. by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster
What is sculpture
100
8. What period that ended Benin culture?
What is the Late Period
200
The Bronze head made after a Benin Oba (King) died.
What is an Oba Head
200
this led the Benin to be called the "Early Picasso's of sculpture"
What is abstract/geometrical shapes.
200
Queen Oba heads were found to be in production during the middle period by orders of ______?
Who is the Benin Oba (King)
200
Most popular type of Metal used by the Benin to make sculptures
What is Bronze
200
The first of three periods in Benin culture that took place between the 14th and 16th centuries
What is the Early Period
300
The period in which Benin sculpture practices began during the 14th century
What is Early Period
300
Period when nearly all of sculpture's being made were now carved, molded and cast into different forms of metal to prevent termite damages as the mass production of relief plaques began
What is Middle Period
300
Destruction of the Benin empire because of the ________ arriving
Who is the British
300
This is a method of casting involving the technique of casting bronze, in which a mold is formed around a wax pattern, and then melted and drained away after the bronze/brass sets
What is the lost-wax method
300
the Benin Oba forced these people to live together in the same part of town during the Middle Period
Who is sculptors
400
Form of art first used to simply serve a function and then discarded
What were the uses of Early Sculpture
400
These plaques show the largest figure as the one with the greatest authority and rank.
What is hierarchical proportion
400
Influenced Picasso into this modern art style
What is cubism
400
Sculptural decoration that covered Benin's palace walls during the Middle Period
What is relief plaques
500
The year in which African sculpture dates back to
What is 500 BC
500
Medium in which Benin made most of their sculptures from