Art is an impeccable skill which
can transfigure creative imagination into reality. Art is present in every
visible feature of our world because each and everything that we can see has a
shape, color and purpose. This quality makes art an abstract and colorful
aspect in the life of human beings. Art has many forms and music and dance are
a part of it. While music is the art related with sounds, dance is a
representation of the sounds through movements. Even though many people
classify art, music and dance differently but all of them has one thing common
which is the interpretation of human emotions.
Visual art is related with
colors, sketches and paintings, but its history goes back into the ancient
times. Since the medieval period, Art has been evolving and providing new forms
generation after generation. One of the art forms that came into existence
during the 1800s was the African American art. Africans were held as slaves in
the United States of America during the century of 1800. During this period,
every African American was forced to create artistic crafts such as pottery,
silver pieces and duvets. Slaves were allowed to sell the products to keep the
profits in the period off of their work and buy their freedom. In middle of
this cruel atmosphere, there were many Americans who did not mistreated their
slaves, instead they provided private tutoring for them to excel in the field
of art.
Several Black Artists were born
after these private tutoring lessons, which formed the solid base of the
African American art. In 1860, the slavery became the reason of the civil war
in America. The nation got divided among two groups, The Union and Confederate
states of America. Confederate group declared succession from American and the
war lasted from 1861-1865 leaving over 600,000 people dead from both sides.
After the Civil war got over, Slavery was abolished in America and African
Americans were giving equal rights in USA. After the freedom, many black
artists came forward with their astonishing pieces of art. A lot of the
paintings got famous in several museums in Europe. However, it took time to be
acknowledged in America.
