DISCUSSION: When he died, Porter was working on a history of the influence African art had on world art.
So we’re looking for a situation where African art influenced art outside of Africa (and outside the Americas, because Porter already covered that area.)
Most of the wrong answers talk about African art being influenced by European art.
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- This makes it sound like European crafts influenced African-American crafts. We want to show that African art influenced Europe.
- This shows that Europe influenced (“prefigured”) later development in African art.
- This shows that European trade goods influenced African art. We want to show that Africa influenced Europe.
- Porter was writing about world art. He already discussed the influences African art had on African-American art.
- CORRECT. Finally. This European art was influenced by Central African art.
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