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| Something to be enjoyed and viewed by the masses with no political, cultural or religious connotations |
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| Elaborate container used to hold valued religious relics Stupas |
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By the 16th century Ashanti men were producing kente cloth by unravling Chinese silk fabrics and using the threads on their four inch looms.
Symbolic, geometrically designed |
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| According to Arnhem legends, spirits called the mimi made the earliest rock paintings where the backbone and organs are visible in the figures as if the hide was transparent. May date back to about 2000-1000 BCE |
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| African art may exhibit hierarchic scale where size equals status |
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| Still practiced in Africa, the process of slitting the skin in specific tribal patterns and inserting charcoal producing welts to enhance cultural identity |
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Indian figure of a man, will be nude with transparent clothing and will have a pot belly (a symbol of health)
Paired with Yakshi and they are loving couples |
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Indian figure of a woman, will be nude with transparent clothing and will have a pot belly (a symbol of health)
Paired with Yaksha and they are loving couples |
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Lord of the Dance
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| Clear natural varnish made from the sap of the Chinese tree Rhus verniciflua. Makes wood, textiles and other perishable materials airtight, waterproof and resistant to heat and acid. Applied in thin coats each may take up to a week to dry. |
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| On a mosque, tall thin towers with a circular staircase inside where the muezzin climb five times a day to call the faithful to prayer |
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Contains three distinct parts:
1. The bottom to the painting is closest to us and contains rocks by which we may enter the painting
2. From that point we look down from a birds eye-view at the tiny people
3. Mist is positioned in the center of the painting and that forces your eyes to reach the top of the paininting, higher elevation
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China invented around 300
Consists of carving a wooden block so everything is cut away except the image you want
Ink is spread over the surface usually with a roller
Paper is carefully placed over on the ink surface and rubbed
By the 1600's printing is done in multiple colors using a seperate block for each color |
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(India carpet weaving)
The carpet is woven on a loom which is a wooden structure on which the verticle threads called warp, are wound. Then the weaver adds the horizontal threads called weft and tied in individual knots which are then clipped between the rows of the weft |
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| Derived from Persian 'paradises' usually consists of a geometric crossing of water canals creating four four quarters or streams with trees bushes and flowers |
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| Water is the dominating attribute. The form wanders from place to place folowing specific paths. There are usually rocks pagodas zigzag bridges and plants. Epitomizes Taoist tradition. |
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Zen Gardens, minimalistic consisting of only sand rocks pebbles and trees.
For meditation puposes |
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| Includes racial and cultural themes that are geared toward black culture. |
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| Subject matter refers specifically to feminine aspects of life |
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| Both a femminist and a painter of Black art on soft fabrics with quilted frames featuring themes related to African-American women's lives as in Tar Beach |
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| Spiritual African sculpture thas are meant to mediate between the sacred and profane worlds to restore spiritual equilibrium |
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| Poles created when a tribesmen is killed by an enemy tribe created to reflect the deceased ancestors and floated out in the ocean to honor and mark the people's vow for revenge |
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One of the five major themes in African art:
Maternity
Simplified Human Form
Dual Sex
Ruler/Ancestor
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| Located in Central Africa |
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| Polynesian developed out of body painting. Enhances the status, beauty and mana of the owners. Some believe the tattoos protect them from harm in everyday life and in battle |
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Japan Kofun
Haniwa Warrior
300
Dancing Figure |
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Buddah: No Jewelry
Bodhisatva: Jewelry |
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| Beautiful handwriting or fine penmenship, widely regarded as an art form. Used in Chinese, Islamic and Japanese art |
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| Islamic religious structure |
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1. Birds eye view
2. Sloping floor plan
3. Outlining
4. No value in the faces
5. Minimal features
6. Patterns |
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| A highly stylized face type on Chinese sculpture, may represent a number of gods and monsters that protect people from evil spirits |
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| Ancient mosques on a rocky hilltop believed to be the place where Adam was created and the mountain to which Abraham brought his first-born son by Hagger to be sacrificed |
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| Geometric objects broken up and reasembled in an abstract way Picasso |
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| European Artist, created Cubism in 1907 from influences by African sculpture especially simplified human form |
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| 1899-1979 educated at the University of Nebraska and Columbia Colleges. Paired cubism and Black art in Building More Stately Mansions |
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| Fertility sculpture and dolls dressed and cared for by yound women in hopes of getting pregnant |
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May be rock cut or constructed architecture
Based on the Mandala form
All are raised on plinths and have a tower at one end
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| Niche in the wall of a mosque |
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| A native religion of China, principles are the man is not dominate in nature but is part of it and should respect it and move within it's rhythms |
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| Yaksha and Yakshi together |
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