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    Aspects of twentieth century black South African art, up to 1980. Volume I
    (1989) Jephson, Amanda Anne; Arnot, Bruce
    The following study is concerned with the influence of Westernization on the development of black South African art, culminating in a form of art referred to as urban black art. While the essential aim of this dissertation is to document selected twentieth century artists and their works prior to 1980, it is felt that a broader art historical context is required, placing contemporary black South African art within the evolution of black African art in general, and in relation to so-called traditional art of the African peoples in South Africa. For this reason, an outline is given in Chapter 1 of some changes in style, imagery, symbolism and form occurring in black African art as a result of contact with Western socio-economic and cultural models. Since Western art schools in Africa have played a major role in developments in twentieth century African art, a general survey of Western art schools in Africa ,their teachers and artistic products is presented. In South Africa the influence of art schools for black artists, in particular the Polly Street and Rorke's Drift schools discussed in Chapter 3, cannot be over emphasised. Providing a wider art historical context in which to place black South African art also required an outline of socalled traditional art forms, found essentially in figurative wood carving and mural painting, discussed in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 looks at four black urban painters
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    Aspects of twentieth century black South African art, up to 1980. Volume II
    (1989) Jephson, Amanda Anne; Arnot, Bruce
    The list of illustrative plates includes both photographic and photo-copied plates. All the plates are numbered consecutively within the same numerical sequence. The plates are divided into sections corresponding with the chapters dealing with 1) Westernization and change in African art, 2) Rural black South African art: figurative woodcarving and mural painting, 3) Early twentieth century urban black art in South Africa and 4) Urban black South African art 1960-1980. Sources of photographs of art works are given where the photographs were taken from literature or obtained from museums or galleries. Artworks reproduced from published photographs in literature are cross-referenced to the bibliography. All other photographs were taken by the candidate unless otherwise stated.