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Spiral 250 General Review
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04/03/2016

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Chavín de Huántar


  • A place of worshipping
  • Northern Highlands, Peru, Ancash Region
  • Stone, Granite, Hammered Gold Alloy
  • Currently an Archaeological site
  • Contains ruins and artifacts from as long as 1200 B.C.
  • Pre-Inca

 

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Bandolier Bag


  • Used for carrying materials
  • Beadwork on leather of Indianopolis
  • A bag that children would wear and carry around
  • Lenape Tribe (Eastern Delaware)

 

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Female (Pwo) Mask


  • Used by women in performances
  • Embodies the ideal feminine beauty and represents the female ancestors
  • Wood and Pigment
  • Late 19th - Early 20th Century
  • Baule Peoples

 

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The Kaaba

  • Mecca, Saudi Arabia
  • Granite Masonry, Silk Curtians, Calligraphy in silver and gold
  • Pre-Islamic Document
  • 631 - 632 C.E
  • Islamic
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Terracotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China

  • Statues of warriors near the Emperor's grave to serve him in the afterlife
  • Painted Terra Cotta, Life like based statues, Different face structures for each individual statue
  • 221 - 209 B.C.E
  • Qin Dynasty
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Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace

  • Illustration of an attack
  • Ink and color on paper
  • Handscroll
  • 1250 - 1300 C.E.
  • Kumakura Period
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Nan Madol

  • Pohnpei, Micronesia
  • Saudeleur Dynasty
  • Basalt Boulders and Prismatic Columns
  • 700 - 1600 C.E
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Processional welcoming Queen Elizabeth II to Tonga with Ngatu launima (Tapa Cloth)

  • Tonga, Central Polynesia
  • Photographic Documentation, Video Art
  • To show respect towards Queen Elizabeth II for visiting Tonga and commemorating the war memorial.
  • Signs of friendship/allies 
  • 1953
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Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)

  • Jaune Quick-to-see Smith
  • Post Modernism
  • Expression (Anger) on behalf of native americans
  • Oil and Mixed media on canvas
  • 1992
  • 500th Year Annivery ever since 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue
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DarkyTown Rebellion

  • Kara Walker
  • Contemporary/ Post-Modernism
  • Use of silhouettes and projection on a wall
  • Portrays of what seems to be African Americans over time
  • With a purpose of having the viewers feel as if they themselves are part of the artwork
  • 2001
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