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black art
(redirected from Art negre)

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black art
n.
Black magic; witchcraft.
black art
n
(Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems)
the another name for black magic
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Noun1.black art - the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the worldblack art - the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
black magic, necromancy, sorcery
magic, thaumaturgy - any art that invokes supernatural powers
witchcraft, witchery - the art of sorcery
bewitchment, enchantment - a magical spell
demonism, diabolism, Satanism - a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan)
obiism - belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies
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The very term for tribal art adopted by artists and critics before the First World War - art negre - tells us something about the nature of the insult to Europeans.
"I was a weird example of art": 'My Amputations' as Cubist confession by Klawans, Stuart / African American Review
Below is a portrait photo of the Senegalese art critic Abdou Sylla and the statement "Senghor created his own aesthetic of Art negre and contemporary art" throwing this down as a gantlet of the first issue and perhaps those to follow.
Afrik'arts, Trimestriel d'analyses et de reflexions sur les arts ... by Roberts, Allen F. / African Arts
The expressive features so admired in Art Negre were further attributed to the exhibition of paintings and tapestries that were celebrated as decorative, abstract, emotive, rhythmical, and melodious (Senghor 1996a:218).
Painting fictions/painting history: modernist pioneers at Senegal's ... by Grabski, Joanna / African Arts
 
 
 
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