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• The Muses symbolize the involuntary marriage of African and European cultures and the evolution of the African artist in the Western hemisphere. Seventeen legendary black artists characterize Woodruff’s notions of a cultural amalgamation including Iqueigha, 13th Century sculptor, Joshua Johnston, a colonial portraitist and a host of 19th and 20th Century artists, such as Henry O. Tanner, Edward M. Bannister, Jacob Lawrence, Richmond Barthe, and Charles Alston.
  The Muses symbolize the involuntary marriage of African and European cultures and the evolution of the African artist in the Western hemisphere. Seventeen legendary black artists characterize Woodruff’s notions of a cultural amalgamation including Iqueigha, 13th Century sculptor, Joshua Johnston, a colonial portraitist and a host of 19th and 20th Century artists, such as Henry O. Tanner, Edward M. Bannister, Jacob Lawrence, Richmond Barthe, and Charles Alston.
• Influences conveys the impact of traditional art forms (assigning African art the central role) in the development of 20th century Western art. Apparent are the stylized works of European masters such as Henry Moore, Modigliani, Kandinsky, Picasso, and Miró. Adjoining these references is a Haitian Veve painting located above Moore’s reclining nude.
  Influences conveys the impact of traditional art forms (assigning African art the central role) in the development of 20th century Western art. Apparent are the stylized works of European masters such as Henry Moore, Modigliani, Kandinsky, Picasso, and Miró. Adjoining these references is a Haitian Veve painting located above Moore’s reclining nude.
• Parallels illustrates the relationships and commonalities among the ancient and traditional art forms of non-European cultures (i.e., Mayans, Aztecs, African, New Guinea, and North American Indians). Located in the light gray area is the Pueblo hunchback flutist and fertility symbol, Kokopelli, which has become a popular icon of native American culture.
  Parallels illustrates the relationships and commonalities among the ancient and traditional art forms of non-European cultures (i.e., Mayans, Aztecs, African, New Guinea, and North American Indians). Located in the light gray area is the Pueblo hunchback flutist and fertility symbol, Kokopelli, which has become a popular icon of native American culture.
• Dissipation dramatizes the colonization and subjugation of Africa by European cultures with specific reference to the British militia that burned Benin to the ground in 1897 and the looting of all its art— still being contested by Nigerian authorities today.
  Dissipation dramatizes the colonization and subjugation of Africa by European cultures with specific reference to the British militia that burned Benin to the ground in 1897 and the looting of all its art— still being contested by Nigerian authorities today.
• Interchange refers to the ongoing cultural exchange among Africans and Europeans, and the subsequent influences that shaped Western civilization. The architectural forms from Rome, Egypt, North Africa, and Scandinavia refer to the cultures.
  Interchange refers to the ongoing cultural exchange among Africans and Europeans, and the subsequent influences that shaped Western civilization. The architectural forms from Rome, Egypt, North Africa, and Scandinavia refer to the cultures.
• Native Forms illustrates the origin of the African diaspora and foretells the impact that African art and culture will have on Western civilization. Men engaged in traditional activities and the central deity figure, Shango of Yoruba, Nigeria, frame other sculptural forms and cave paintings in process.
  Native Forms illustrates the origin of the African diaspora and foretells the impact that African art and culture will have on Western civilization. Men engaged in traditional activities and the central deity figure, Shango of Yoruba, Nigeria, frame other sculptural forms and cave paintings in process.