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On Distance: From art history to Ernest Mancoba
In this thesis the central narratives of Western art history, specifically those related to modernism and African art, are considered in light of a climate of criticism concentrated over the past thirty years in Western and South African an historiography. In considering complexities of interpretati...
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| description | In this thesis the central narratives of Western art history, specifically those related to modernism and African art, are considered in light of a climate of criticism concentrated over the past thirty years in Western and South African an historiography. In considering complexities of interpretation of the life and work of the African modernist painter, Ernest Mancoba, I address a perceived need for a critical discourse pertaining to early black South African modernist art. As a way of organising both my critique and contribution, I establish and use the thematic of distance. This work argues for greater consideration of individual motivation and circumstance in our understanding of early African modernist art production. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8203 On Distance: From art history to Ernest Mancoba Ralphs, SCT Godby, Michael Art Historical Studies In this thesis the central narratives of Western art history, specifically those related to modernism and African art, are considered in light of a climate of criticism concentrated over the past thirty years in Western and South African an historiography. In considering complexities of interpretation of the life and work of the African modernist painter, Ernest Mancoba, I address a perceived need for a critical discourse pertaining to early black South African modernist art. As a way of organising both my critique and contribution, I establish and use the thematic of distance. This work argues for greater consideration of individual motivation and circumstance in our understanding of early African modernist art production. 2014-10-06T12:10:50Z 2014-10-06T12:10:50Z 2007 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8203 eng application/pdf Michaelis School of Fine Art Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Art Historical Studies Ralphs, SCT On Distance: From art history to Ernest Mancoba |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | On Distance: From art history to Ernest Mancoba |
| title_full | On Distance: From art history to Ernest Mancoba |
| title_fullStr | On Distance: From art history to Ernest Mancoba |
| title_full_unstemmed | On Distance: From art history to Ernest Mancoba |
| title_short | On Distance: From art history to Ernest Mancoba |
| title_sort | on distance from art history to ernest mancoba |
| topic | Art Historical Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8203 |
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