In the African Art Course you will learn about the history of African art , starting with rock art and those that are considered the first artistic manifestations of humanity until modern Era and the influence of African art in European avant-garde artistic movements.
The History of Art in Africa takes us back to the origins of humanity, the cradle of civilization, the first signs of human cognition, of interacting with the material world and creating visual symbols that represent and interpret them.
Languages: English
Also available in: Português
African Art Course Online
“Since humankind appears to have originated in Africa, it may well be that art, too, originated here.”
Frank Willett (1997) African Art
How you’ll learn in the African Art Course
The course fee includes 24-hour access for an unlimited time to:
- Lessons for each topic covered
- Downloadable ebooks
- Links to articles, videos and websites
- Evaluation (1 questionnaire for each module)
- International Certificate.
Learning objectives – African Art Course
Who should take the African Art Course
The African Art course is adapted to various audiences, covering professionals in the fields of History, Art History, Fine Arts, Heritage who seek to explore the theme, as well as all those who wish to learn more about the history of African art .
It has no access requirements.
Certificate
At the end of the course, a training certificate will be issued. Know more.
We are a training entity certified by DGERT – Training Entity Certificate No. 1800/2015 – so the certificate has international validity.
How it works
African Art Course structure
PART 1 – Rock Art
- Rock Art
- Blombos Cave: Humanity’s first art studio
- San art in South Africa
- The Pygmy Schematic Art Zone and the Sandawe ‘Island’
- Nigerian Rock Gongs
- When the Sahara was Green
PART 2 – First Civilizations
- First Civilizations
- The First Urban Centers of the Nile
- The Formation of Egypt
- Kingdom of Kush
- Iron made Cultures of the Niger
- The Expansion of Bantu people
PART 3 – Islam and Christianity
- Islam and Christianity
- Axum and Christian Ethiopia
- Eastern Christianity in Núbia
- The Expansion of Islam in North Africa
- Islam in the Swahili Coast
- Catholic Kongo and the Portuguese
PART 4 – Africa in Modern Era
- Africa in Modern Era
- West African Empires
- Bantu Kingdoms and Cultures
- Islamic Sultanates and the Kingdom of Ethiopia
- From the Cabinet of Curiosities to the Natural History Museum
- The Influence of African Art in Modern Art
Author
Manuela Tenreiro
PhD in History of Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, I specialized in Arts and Cultures of the African Diaspora in 2008. Previously, I obtained a bachelor degree in visual arts and photography from San Francisco State University, while working as a docent at Diego Rivera’s Pan-American Unity mural (City College). Creator, editor and translator of the online publication conTRAmare.net while residing in Brazil between 2008 and 2017, I collaborated in various editorial and art education projects, as a writer, translator and researcher. In Rio de Janeiro, I attended Literary Translation courses and the Advanced Program of Contemporary Culture at the city’s Federal University. In 2017, I returned to my hometown, Lisbon, where I manage a private art studio with women artists and develop projects writing and translating art history projects.
