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Read Stokstad and Cothren: Chapter 14: Arts of Africa to the Sixteenth Century (pp. 412–439)

Discussion #6: "Ideal" beauty

Many human cultures have their own sense of ideal beauty of the human form in terms of its visual elements of expression such as scale, proportion, shape, and texture, just to name a few. In Chapter 14, there are three very different heads from the ancient cultures of Nigeria—the brass crowned head of a Yoruba ruler from Ife (14.1), the terracotta head from Nok (14.13), and the ivory hip pendant of the Iyoba queen mother Idia from Benin City (14.16). An argument can be made to support that each represents forms of "ideal" beauty. 

For on-line class discussion #6, chose any two of the three heads from Nigeria. Describe and compare them based on their visual elements of expression. What makes them beautiful? Do either of the two chosen represent forms of "ideal" beauty? If so, why? If not, why not? Is there such a thing as ideal beauty?