Near and Far

Mainstream:

Edgar Degas
First Arabesque Penchée

cast in 1920 from a wax sculpture

Bronze

• The audience i feel its attraction is woman mainly, i feel that way because he is showing that he understands and appreciates what our bodies can do.
• Its bearing witness to what we can do, and the things that the human body can accomplish.

Non-Mainstream: 

Africans of Western Africa 

Bracelet, 17th–19th century

Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroups

Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay

• I feel the audience of this piece is for people that aren't familiar with the west African culture.
• This is bearing witness to, the traditions that they participated in during special times and wanted to show the types of things that they wear, that they're similar to us.

The differences between these two works aren't much, they show that both the traditional man and nontraditional both appreciate art and know how to express it. I dont feel they were familiar with each other based on the fact of the cultural differences. I think they both deserve to be mainstream because i think it is important for us to know about everyones culture and understand what they go threw.