Non-Western art
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Non-Western art is a relative newcomer to the art historical canon. Recent revisions of the semantic division between art and artifact have recast objects created in non-Western cultures in more aesthetic terms. Relative to those studying Ancient Rome or the Italian Renaissance, scholars specializing in Africa, the Ancient Americas and Asia are a growing minority.
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See also
- Monkeys' Right to Paint
- Occidentalism
- Japonisme
- Primitive art
- Primitivism
- African art's influence on Western art
- Picasso's African Period
- Cultural appropriation in western music
- Western art
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