Read this excerpt from A Short Walk around the Pyramids and through the World of Art by Philip
Isaacson
The traditional art of African nations is a wonderful part of
the world's art. Like the art of all people who live in
groups called tribes the people of the Pacific islands,
the Native Americans, the Eskimos, the Indians of the
Northwest Coast of Canada-it was once called
primitive art. But it isn't primitive. It isn't primitive in its
shape or in the way it is made or in the deep feelings it
expresses
Isaacson's purpose is
to inform the reader about traditional art; his tone is
formal
Oto persuade the reader to buy traditional art; his tone
is formal.
to entertain the reader with humorous traditional
stories; his tone is informal.
O to convince the reader to create traditional art; his
tone is informal