Volume three · nine new traditions · now with the Cast bank
Learn to see it. Then learn to say it.
Nine traditions moving out from Egypt and Mesopotamia through West Africa and Ethiopia to Bali and the Pacific Northwest — all rendered with Nubian and Afro models. Walk the cycle, then step into the Prompt Lab, roll the dials, and swap your cast in one tap.
How the archive works
Study a tradition
Where it happened, who shaped it, and what the work was made for.
Train your eye
The cues that give a style away — mark-making, palette, composition, mood.
Cast and pull
Roll the dials, pick your model from the Cast bank, and reroll for endless variations.
The nine traditions
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Amarna Period Egyptian Relief
Akhetaten (Amarna), Egypt · c. 1350 BCE
Assyrian Palace Relief
Nimrud & Nineveh, Mesopotamia (northern Iraq) · c. 900–600 BCE
Benin Bronze Court Reliefs
Benin City, Benin Kingdom (Nigeria) · 16th–17th century
Ife Terracotta & Bronze Naturalism
Ile-Ife, Yoruba (Nigeria) · 12th–15th century
Dogon Wood Sculpture
Bandiagara Escarpment, Mali · 15th century onward
Gondarine Ethiopian Icon Painting
Gondar, Ethiopia · 17th century
Kamasan Balinese Painting
Kamasan village, Klungkung, Bali (Indonesia) · 15th century onward
Haida Formline Art
Haida Gwaii, Pacific Northwest Coast · 19th century onward
Fante Asafo Appliqué Flags
Fante coast, Ghana · 19th century onward