MAJOR CIVILIZATIONS
KEY IDEAS
Key Ideas
Powerpoint
Flashcard list
BROOKLYN MUSEUM: AFRICAN ARTS
Boom masks at BROOKLYN MUSEUM
Read about the Nok heads
Nail Figure- Nkisi N'Kondi on SMARTHISTORY.
Once a year, on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, up to a thousand Wodaabe midas come together for a courtship ceremony called the Geerewol. At this time, the men display their charm and beauty in a series of competitive dances and the women judge them - selecting husbands, boyfriends, and lovers.
Forming long lines, the men rise up and down on tiptoe, showing off their long, lithe bodies. The change expressions every few seconds, rolling their eyes and exposing their gleaming white teeth. The Wodaabe say, "It's through the strength of the eyes that marriages are made."
Beckwith and Fisher, Faces of Africa, 64)
Read more about it here...
Watch this video of Beckwith and Fisher talking about their experience.
Please follow the link for the slide show, and complete the 8 Instructional activities.
APAH 3b - Africa -
- Nok (500 BCE-200 CE) Nigeria
- Great Zimbabwe (11th- 15th c.) Zimbabwe
- Ife Culture (11th-12th c.) Nigeria
- Aksum (1200-1527) Ethiopia
- Benin (13th-19th c.) Nigeria
- Mende (19th-20th c.) Sierra Leone
- Kongo (19th-20th c.) Congo
KEY IDEAS
- Centered around spirituality, the spirit world, and the role of ancestors is huge to incorporate into artworks
- Fertility of man and of the land is key
- Most common materials are wood, ivory, and metal
- Mostly utilitarian, usually for ceremonies
- Architecture is predominately mud brick, rarely stone
- Stone used in Zimbabwe and Ethiopian churches
Key Ideas
Powerpoint
Flashcard list
BROOKLYN MUSEUM: AFRICAN ARTS
Boom masks at BROOKLYN MUSEUM
Read about the Nok heads
Nail Figure- Nkisi N'Kondi on SMARTHISTORY.
Once a year, on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, up to a thousand Wodaabe midas come together for a courtship ceremony called the Geerewol. At this time, the men display their charm and beauty in a series of competitive dances and the women judge them - selecting husbands, boyfriends, and lovers.
Forming long lines, the men rise up and down on tiptoe, showing off their long, lithe bodies. The change expressions every few seconds, rolling their eyes and exposing their gleaming white teeth. The Wodaabe say, "It's through the strength of the eyes that marriages are made."
Beckwith and Fisher, Faces of Africa, 64)
Read more about it here...
Watch this video of Beckwith and Fisher talking about their experience.
Please follow the link for the slide show, and complete the 8 Instructional activities.
APAH 3b - Africa -
MAJOR CIVILIZATIONS
Andes Civilizations
QUICK HISTORY
STUDENT RESOURCES
* YOUTUBE: Serpent Mound
* YOUTUBE: Kwakiutl Ceremony
Read more on CHAVIN DE HUANTAR (Stanford University)
YAXCHILAN Video
BBC AZTEC HISTORY (Nat Geo)
THE MAYA: LOST CIVILIZATION (Nat Geo)
MACHU PICCHU (Nat Geo)
GHOSTS OF MACHU PICCHU (Nova)
CITY OF CUSCO
Visit NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN: NAVAJO PAINTINGS
MARIA MARTINEZ, 1972 Doc (26 min)
Brooklyn Museum PAINTED ELK HIDES
DANIELLE KAY'S DANCE PRESENTATION (2011)
VOCABULARY
1. MESOAMERICA
2. PRE-COLUMBIAN
3. EFFIGY MOUND
4. EARTHWORK
5. ASHLAR MASONRY
6. COURSES
7. COMB ROOF
8. REPOUSSE
9. AXIS MUNDI
Please follow the link for the slide show, and complete the Instructional activities.
APAH Unit 3a - Indigenous Americas - There are 6 Instructional activities ranging from reading, to viewing informative videos, and to writing.
Andes Civilizations
- Chavin (900-200 BCE) Coastal Peru
- Inca or Inka (1400-1521) Peru (no writing but a kept a record system, khipu)
- Mayan (300-900 CE) Belize, Gautemala, Honduras, Yucatan
- Aztecs (1400-1521) Central Mexico
- Anasazi (550-1400 CE) American Southwest
- Mississippian (800-1500 CE) Eastern United States
- NW Coast Native American (18th c- present) Pacific Northwest
QUICK HISTORY
- Indigenous cultures of North America date back to 10,000 BCE but most artifacts date only from the last 2,000 years
- Geography plays a huge role in Andean Art. Coastal plains acted individually while in the mountains they united against the elements.
- Old civilizations are used as foundations for new ones. (building upon preexisting sites)
- Artworks were often part of a workshop where many worked on one piece
- Pre-Columbian cultures occupy what is now Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and parts of El Salvador before Christopher Columbus invaded the area
- The Aztec Empire was the dominant power in Mesoamerica before Henan Cortes overthrew them
- Developed huge city-states that prominently featured temple complexes rivaling any on Earth
- Rapid decline of civilizations in the 16th c. due to the introduction of disease by the Europeans
- With the arrival of the Europeans, the native people of North and South America were destroyed and persecuted. Archeology, oral tradition, documents, and museum records are the basis for research.
STUDENT RESOURCES
* YOUTUBE: Serpent Mound
* YOUTUBE: Kwakiutl Ceremony
Read more on CHAVIN DE HUANTAR (Stanford University)
YAXCHILAN Video
BBC AZTEC HISTORY (Nat Geo)
THE MAYA: LOST CIVILIZATION (Nat Geo)
MACHU PICCHU (Nat Geo)
GHOSTS OF MACHU PICCHU (Nova)
CITY OF CUSCO
Visit NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN: NAVAJO PAINTINGS
MARIA MARTINEZ, 1972 Doc (26 min)
Brooklyn Museum PAINTED ELK HIDES
DANIELLE KAY'S DANCE PRESENTATION (2011)
VOCABULARY
1. MESOAMERICA
2. PRE-COLUMBIAN
3. EFFIGY MOUND
4. EARTHWORK
5. ASHLAR MASONRY
6. COURSES
7. COMB ROOF
8. REPOUSSE
9. AXIS MUNDI
Please follow the link for the slide show, and complete the Instructional activities.
APAH Unit 3a - Indigenous Americas - There are 6 Instructional activities ranging from reading, to viewing informative videos, and to writing.
This website is based upon work supported by:
Dr. Robert Croad for workshops, resources and time -
Marsha Russell for your generosity in sharing materials and knowledge -
and to Valerie Park for your AP Art History web site that this website is based upon.
Dr. Robert Croad for workshops, resources and time -
Marsha Russell for your generosity in sharing materials and knowledge -
and to Valerie Park for your AP Art History web site that this website is based upon.