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This 11 page paper deals with how Africa was viewed by early nineteen hundred Europeans. The continent was not only considered intriguing to them, but also influencial. This paper cites seven sources.
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nineteen hundreds). Africa at the turn of the century was largely unexplored by the "outside world." This was about the time it was labeled the "dark continent."
It was largely considered dark, not for the coloring of its citizens, but for the fact it was mysterious; it was unknown. There is an old mapmakers story that
when the mapmaker did not know what a particular geography looked like he drew clouds, or a cartoon of the wind blowing. The same might have occurred for those
parts of Africa that had not been visited by Europeans. Only what might have been drawn over the unknown in those instances would have been a primitive statue or
a mask. At the turn of the century the knowledge of Africa in the form of its art, was beginning to make its
way to Europe. Picasso, the master of modernism did not learn of African art from the dark continent itself, rather he saw it in Paris, in the homes and
studios of the likes of Gertrude Stein and Henri Matisse. From 1907 until his death in 1973, Picasso kept African art in his own studio (Temin 07F).
Picasso was interested in African art, as were many other artists of the time. His interest in these pieces began to appear in his work. The
colors of Picassos palette were "earth tones" and natural colors, typical of African sculpture. Picasso also painted wild animals such as bulls and horned creatures, similar to those found in
the African range. His interest in African sculpture was directly seen in his sculpture representative of African characters traditionally made of wood and other materials. This interest
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