QUICK HISTORY
Complete flash cards for Unit 2, the Pacific. Then complete short answer writing assignments, there are five in total, found in slide show. Link to slide show is below. This assignment is due Friday, August 31, 2018. Following this Unit we will work on creating a timeline and we will have our first quiz.
- 700-1980
- Some of the oldest inhabited areas on Earth (The Aboriginals reached Australia 30,000-50,000 years ago)
- Some places only inhabited up to 1000 years ago (remote islands of the Pacific, Easter Island, New Zealand)
- We know about the culture of these areas because of explorations in the 18th century
- Strong gender roles for creating art: Men = wood carving, women = tapa cloths
- Wood is the primary material: they have perfected woodcarving
- The use of natural materials such as fibers (plant materials), pigments, bones, sea ivory and shell, tortoise shell, wood, coral, and stone are very important to the meaning and symbolism of the artworks
- Intricate lines and details
- Art of Easter Island is unusual in Oceanic art
- Heavily influenced by the sea (point of isolation and connecting through travel and trade).
- Art is in the form of performances, chants, dances, or rituals. Objects of dress/costumes or masks are used as props or disguises in religious rituals. They are not produced for aesthetic reasons.
- Sculptures representing life forces in the supernatural world are often wrapped (usually in tapa). The life force is referred to as mana. Mana is protected and defended by the act of wrapping called tapu.
- "Artworks" are displayed in the men's communal house
- Organization of 25,000 islands into micro (small), poly
(many), mela (black), nesia (islands) - Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia
Complete flash cards for Unit 2, the Pacific. Then complete short answer writing assignments, there are five in total, found in slide show. Link to slide show is below. This assignment is due Friday, August 31, 2018. Following this Unit we will work on creating a timeline and we will have our first quiz.
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.