But more important by far is the abundant testimony about Conrad's savages which we could gather if we were so inclined from other sources and which might lead us to think that these people must have had other occupations besides merging into the evil forest or materializing out of it simply to plague Marlow and his dispirited band. For as it happened, soon after Conrad had written his book an event of far greater consequence was taking place in the art world of Europe. This is how Frank Willett, a British art historian, describes it: Gauguin had gone to Tahiti, the most extravagant individual act of turning to a non-European culture in the decades immediately before and after 1900, when European artists were avid for new artistic experiences, but it was only about 1904-5 that African art began to make its distinctive impact.One piece is still identifiable; it is a mask that had been given to Maurice Vlaminck in 1905. He records that Derain was "speechless" and What alaim dana ahahn makn in thic nnesage? Conrad's dep ion of Africans is not accurate. support th depiction X Willett's depiction of African culture is fair. Conrad and Willett both dehumanize Africans. It contrasts Conrad's limited viewpoint.

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But more important by far is the abundant testimony about Conrad's savages which we could gather if we were so inclined from other sources and which might lead us to think that these people must have had other occupations besides merging into the evil forest or materializing out of it simply to plague Marlow and his dispirited band. For as it happened, soon after Conrad had written his book an event of far greater consequence was taking place in the art world of Europe. This is how Frank Willett, a British art historian, describes it: Gauguin had gone to Tahiti, the most extravagant individual act of turning to a non-European culture in the decades immediately before and after 1900, when European artists were avid for new artistic experiences, but it was only about 1904-5 that African art began to make its distinctive impact.One piece is still identifiable; it is a mask that had been given to Maurice Vlaminck in 1905. He records that Derain was "speechless" and What alaim dana ahahn makn in thic nnesage? Conrad's dep ion of Africans is not accurate. support th depiction X Willett's depiction of African culture is fair. Conrad and Willett both dehumanize Africans. It contrasts Conrad's limited viewpoint.

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The correct answer is: It contrasts Conrad's limited viewpoint.<br /><br />The passage discusses how Frank Willett, a British art historian, describes the impact of African art on European artists around 1904-5. It mentions that Gauguin went to Tahiti and that African art began to make its distinctive impact on European artists during that time. The passage also mentions a mask that was given to Maurice Vlaminck in 1905, which Derain found to be "speechless."<br /><br />The question asks what Willett's depiction of African culture means in this context. The correct answer is that it contrasts Conrad's limited viewpoint. The passage suggests that Conrad's depiction of Africans is not accurate and that Willett's depiction of African culture provides a more comprehensive and fair perspective.

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