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Uli: Metamorphosis of a Tradition into Contemporary Aesthetics
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Smith, Sandra A.
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Year and Degree
2010, MA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
Abstract
The art of uli, the painting of patterns and designs on the human body, dwellings, compound and communal shrine walls is indigenous to the traditional Igbo female artist. Uli is both the medium used and the technique of painting on the body or walls. Patterns are derived from nature or functional objects, and are basically organic or anthropomorphic forms. The miniscule motifs marked on the body are enlarged to accommodate mud or clay wall surfaces. Unfortunately, the number of traditional women artists has drastically diminished because of socio-cultural factors. However, new-classicists have emerged, like Uche Okeke and other Nsukka masters, who have enabled uli to enter into twentieth century realism, while preserving its natural form.
Committee
Fred Smith, PhD (Advisor)
Diane Scillia, PhD (Committee Member)
Carol Salus, PhD (Committee Member)
Gustav Medicus, PhD (Committee Member)
Navjotika Kumar, PhD (Committee Member)
Subject Headings
African History
Keywords
Uli
;
Igbo
;
Nigeria
;
body painting
;
wall painting
;
Nsukka
;
traditional women painters
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Smith, S. A. (2010).
Uli: Metamorphosis of a Tradition into Contemporary Aesthetics
[Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1267478083
APA Style (7th edition)
Smith, Sandra.
Uli: Metamorphosis of a Tradition into Contemporary Aesthetics.
2010. Kent State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1267478083.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Smith, Sandra. "Uli: Metamorphosis of a Tradition into Contemporary Aesthetics." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1267478083
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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