very symbolic. Unlike the previous two works it is not ofthe rulers or the people at the time, it is of a god. But much like the firsttwo works it is also idealized. This is what their mother god that guides themshould look like. The Ife people created works that were spiritual andrevealing their groups identity. The Benin people, once understanding artcreated stylized works that also expressed their identity, far more thananything naturalistic did. All three works represents the people and what isimportant to them. For the Aztec people it was their gods, and representingthem in a dramatic and powerful way to teach their people. While the Ife peoplebelieved that the gods created them in likeness to themselves, so the portraitswere also of their people in the ideal form that the gods wanted. The Beninculture were fascinated by art, and wanted to show respect to their rulers bytheir representation of them....
