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Senghor, Léopold Sédar, and Brian Quinn. “Critical Standards of African Art”

Author
Senghor, Léopold Sédar, and Brian Quinn
Published On
February 1, 2023
Original Date
2017
Aesthetic
Political
Bibliographic

Senghor, Léopold Sédar, and Brian Quinn. “Critical Standards of African Art”. African Arts 50, no 1 (2017): 10‑15. https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_a_00327.

President Senghor sees the critical standards of African art as originating from the nature of the black soul, and the black soul as originating from the environment that gave it life. These standards, long unknown to the white world and now exerting influence in contemporary art, will henceforth play a more integral role in the art world.

[Source: Article abstract, p. 10]

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