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| Tea Bowl...sculpture [image] |
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*1573-1615
* Momoyama Period,later japan By Tanaka Chojiro
* Form: Raku ware
* Medium: stoneware with black glaze
* Function: Tea Ceremony, ritual * Style: roughness reflects natural quality
* Subject Matter: tea bowl for tea ceremony
* Unlike the vase, the tea bowl served more as a prestigious item owned by the masters of the tea house.Which late became an important role to Japanese society. |
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Hermes bringing the infant Dionysos to Papposilenos.. Sculpture
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Definition
*Phiale Painter
*from Vulci, Italy
*ca. 440-435 B.C.
*Aprox. 1' 2" high.
Vatican Museum,Rome.
* this vase painting depicts how the Athenians learned the black figure technique from the Corinthians. * unlike the tea bowl, vase painting was more of an artistic way to gain recognition in society. |
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Agamemnon's Funeral Mask.. metal work
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*1500 B.C
*Mycenaean
*gold leaf/beaten gold
* This mask was made by the technique (reposse) [think imprint]
* this mask laid on top of the dead's faces, much like the egyptain funerary practice. |
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| Malanggan mask for lifting taboos..
wood work
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Definition
*late 19th century
*oceanic
*New Ireland
* wood,pigment and fiber
*this mask is a study surreal imagery. The face is split into two asymmetrical parts divided by the paint.
* The spirit ears are made of large carved and painting planks set unto the sides of the mask. |
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| Walking Buddha... Scuplture
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* South/southeast Asia
*14th century
* Sukhothai, Thailand
*Bronze
*7'21/2"
*A flame leaps from the top of their heads, sharp nose projects from their rounded faces. the clinging robe reveals fluid like legs and natural weight shift. |
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Standing Youth (Kouros): Sculpture
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Definition
Attica
c. 600 BCE
Marble
height 6'
has an Egyptian pose,
has an archaic smile, and there is a sharp contrast from the elegant style of the Buddha to this art work based on the fact that this sculpture has no weight shift, no sense of movement, and it doesn't show much detail of the body. |
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| Friday Mosque...Architecture [image] |
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Definition
Djenne, Mali,
thirteenth century,
Early african art
Sand
rebuilt in 1906–1907
*boasts a strongly vertical emphasis, 3 symmetrically balanced adobe towers and tall engaged columns combine to for ma majestic mood across the mosque. |
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| Notre-Dame Cathedral,Architecture
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Paris,Fance
began 1163 AD remolded after 1225
French Gothic
the use of flying-buttresses, which helped the massive structure survive and also gave a elegant, balanced feel towards it.
* the classical roman cross |
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| Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Marwar.. painting
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Definition
Jodlhput,India
1880 ad
Opaque watercolor on paper
South/South East Asia
*Maharaja means "great king", under British influence. This king posed as a ordinary British gentleman in his sitting room and yet he has powerful chest and arms, along with a sword and riding boots.
Also the 2 necklaces he wears might indicate how he is a mix of 2 cultures combining. Very realistic |
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| Francis I... Painting[image] |
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| Jean Clouet 1525-1530 AD tempera and oil on panel Louvre,Paris, France *depicts a Prince gracefully covered in silks and gold, and yet he appears to be suave and confident. *despite the precise detail, the portrait also shows an elegantly formalized quality. as seen in his neck. the disproportion between the small head and to his broad body tells the viewer how formalized the nature of this painting is. |
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