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Fine Arts
Lecture 2
15
Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
09/23/2009

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Dredd Scott
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What is the proper way to display American flag?
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Robert Mapplethorpe
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self portrait....flowers, nude males, contrast between light & dark, art or pornography?
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richard serra
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tilted arc, lrg steel sculptures that divide space, Tilted arc was in middle of plaza
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edward curtis
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bears belly, arikara...documented native americans western, plains canada
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Tlingit Totem Pole
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aka Cheif of all women. pioneer square. 3 myths. burnt in SEA fire. belonged to raven clan
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Kwigiutl Totem Pole
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Tsonqua. calls children to eat them. wind whistling
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Male Kangaroo
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aust ab. x-ray, australian aboriginal art
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Man's Love Story
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aust ab. dreaming-sacred narrative ancestor spirit journey
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Two Young Women
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aust ab. ceremonial/mortuary sculptures w/ funerary body paint
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Magic Figure
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African Art. gives power. stick sharp object to gain power
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reliquary figure
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protects bones of ancestors. wood covered with brass and copper
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grave monument
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AFRICAN. roadsideguardian figures guard tombs. used for -> not forgotten, testimony of success
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skin covered female crest
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AFRICAN. men wear to honor women about to marry. women go to fattening house. spirals = hairdo
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sande helmet mask
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AFRICAN. female beauty. Sande Association women wear worn for special ceromonies. wearers identity secret
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ndebele mural painting & beadwork
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S. AFRICA. bright geometric murals & beadwork done by women
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