Benin Art Experience

Benin is a country in west Africa from 15th century until now. Benin has been renowned for brass sculpture production and there is a sort of encounter did happen between the Europeans and Benin .there were many of the positive and negatives to this type of encounter between Benin and European ,such as ,their encounter had artistic consequences in terms of the supply of raw materials for sculpture ,and Benin craftsmen developed their forms and subject matter to suit their new clients ,this was one of the positive aspect ,also there was the British occupation of Benin , so I will talk about five elements in this essay ,firstly what is the concept of cultural encounter , particularly of Benin art , how the art is encountered shapes how understood,

Most of the art works of Benin, Which has stolen was Sold. Museums, collectors, historians and also scholars of America and Europe competed to get the best pieces of Benin art. Specialized knowledge of antiquities, Noted the brutality of Benin, But refer to the technical perfection of the Bronze. described as ‘fantastic' and ‘strange’ But mainly it is seen as ‘surprising evidences’ of Skills and craftsmanship or Benin. such Negro craftsmanship was unexpected by scholars , Artistic works of Benin arrived in Britain at a time of great interest in the British empire , The history of humanity And the importance of race in community development. The British Museum is getting its growth with the study of Anthropology and ethnography and ethnological is study the Customs and Traditions of particular groups of people and how they development from savagery to civilization . It has been said that the Benin skills emerged after contact with the Portuguese in the 16th century . This source is not considered very good for studying African history ,but it provides valuable information about Africa and Africans was produced and communicated in Britain at that time .Intellectuals and writers such as Edward Wilmot worked

The artworks of Benin arrived in Britain at time of great interest in the British empire .The British museum first opened in 1759 , and Soon became famous in the antiques exhibits from all around the world , then in the 19th country, The British Museum is getting its growth with the study of Anthropology and ethnography and ethnological is study the Customs and Traditions of particular groups of people and how they development from savagery to civilization . the anthropologist and museum curator Henry Ling Roth he thinks this artifacts are very important to British museum for study of anthropology ,and such as this study may help the imperial government of Britain to show its superiority. And Joyce has written about how the art of Benin displayed in the encyclopedia and how was the progress and the evolution of the negro physically and mentally ,and how the anatomic study science shows the progress the mind of Negros . the crafts produced only by the influence of the Europeans ,that shows inferiority of negro, but Benin saw their crafts and plates are things just for sale. This is due to the difference in artistic taste and opinions of culture from one country to another , and