Analysis Of The Nok Head

The Nok Head, sculpted in terra cotta, exemplifies the style of art in sub-Saharan cultures, and how vastly it differs from European art and even Egyptian art. The head is long and rectangular, with triangle-shaped eyes; certainly not realistic. However, the geometric symmetry is still aesthetically pleasing to the audience. Though the face is much more abstract and inaccurate compared to the archaic Greek sculptures who idealized a specific body type, it can’t be said with certainty that this appearance was not considered beautiful or even perfect in the Nok culture. The textbook explains that neither this sculpture nor others like it were excavated by archaeologists, making it difficult to determine the purpose of the work. I would guess