Browsing by Author "Awogbade Mabel Oluremi"

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    Examination of Ife Bronze Casting Culture and Its Decline in Maintenance Practice in Contemporary Society
    (2016-01) Awogbade Mabel Oluremi
    Ile-Ife, the Yoruba ancient city is known for its vibrant cultural environment. This city of ancient civilization and one of the home for bronze casting in the Western region of Nigeria have made significant contributions to the world of culture through its great artistic traditions in terracotta, bead making, bronze and brass casting that predates Pre Colonial era. This culture of occupational practice has experienced decline as a result of its discontinuity in modern day Ile-Ife. This study therefore investigates the causes of its decline in practice and also examines the maintenance and sustainability of bronze casting in Ile-Ife. In so doing, this study adopts the interview method to enable the researcher investigates the factors responsible for the decline in bronze casting from the families that were once associated with this art. The findings of this study reveals that, the decline is as a result of many factors including the influence of war, western civilization and culture, education, science and technology. Sequel to this influences, those craftsmen who practiced bronze casting also passed on without replacement. This study concludes that in order to resuscitate bronze casting in Ile-Ife, there is the need to set up bronze casting industry to promote the commercial culture in the history of Ife. Furthermore, the spell on the trade should be revoked and the practice of bronze casting should be sustained.
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    Gender and preferred content in children's drawing among selected primary school children in Zaria Metropolis, Kaduna State
    (2010-12-01) Awogbade Mabel Oluremi
    This study sought to establish the relationship between gender and preferred Content in children's drawing. A total of 220 pupils stratified into 110 males and 110 females drawn from eleven randomly selected primary schools in Zaria metropolis were used for the study. Four research questions were raised and four null hypotheses were generated. A narrative adopted from Tuman's (1999) study, was validated by experts in the department of Fine Art Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Kaduna state of Nigeria and used as a major tool for data collection. Chi-square (x2), cross tabulation, ANOVA and t-test were used for the analyses related to the null hypotheses. A histogram was also used for the distribution of the scores explaining the scores on formal characteristics used by the subjects in the study by sex. The results revealed that none of the four null hypotheses was retained; all the hypotheses were rejected. However, the results revealed that there were significant differences in the drawing content chosen by boys and girls. It also showed that there were significant differences between the way boys and girls use lines, colour, shape, texture, space and composition; there were inter-relationships in the forms and content of drawings of boys and girls and there were significant differences between the drawings of boys and girls in terms of gender characteristics. The findings revealed that girls exceeded the boys in the use of elements of art. It is recommended that provision be made for tests and activities that would allow pupils to think and ask questions that would lead to discoveries and motivate learners to create drawings outside their gender characteristics.