Art Work Analysis - Art of Benin

This paper will present an analysis on “Art of Benin”. Benin is an ancient Edo state located in present-day southern Nigeria. For nearly 3,000 years Edo peoples have inhabited a large area west of the Niger River in what is now the Benin province of southern Nigeria. Originally, single-family settlements dominated the area; however, about the fifth century, village communities formed to provide families with greater defence and allow them more efficient use of natural resources. While these communities developed a network of trade routes, successful villages grew into towns. One such town, Benin, evolved into a hereditary ...