art and ethnicity
art can forge racial identity and preserve the history and values of an ethnic group
clan
group of people joined by blood or marriage ties
social rank
status, shown with possessions, style, poses, clothing
chuck close
portraits of people, emphasized texture and realism. HUGE portraits
frida kahlo
artist who always portrayed her culture. emphasized mexican
yakshi
in indian sensuality, a nature spirit who represents fertility
doryphorous
"spear-bearer" classical statue. ideal male form, restrained emotion.
contrapposto
the stance or pose, more natural. one foot one planted. way of standing.
african sculpture
often proportions. head emhasized. tose.legs. split 1/3. head most important because it has personality.
body modifications
foot binding, anything to alter body
ritual tattooing
one way of strengthening the individual. initiation rights
foot binding
upper had feet broken and tied in smaller feet was better. Chinese believed it to be immodest to show feet and had to have servants when could not walk properly.
lip plates
african. adorn women with this, around age 6, take out teeth and keep enlarging.
corseting
trying to achieve smallest waist possible. european and americans. sometimes would even move around organs.
ideal form of representing the body in Renaissance
Roman nude. kept reviving the roman nude male. women were considered property.
anatomical studies
leonardo davinci. studied anatomy, crosses art and science.
marc chagall
jewish artist. made works that displayed jewish heritage. personal and reordering his life.
george catlin
an american artist, depicted native american indians in a respectful way
world's fairs international villages
internation pavillions. beignets represents culture. world showcase. walk through buildings and segments.
Peter paul rubens abduction of the daughters of leucippus
struggle between masculine and feminine. muscles and tanness. women are naked and pale acting hysterical while flinging body around
guerilla girls
collective anonymous women artists fighting for women, minorities, protesting for equality.
jacque louis david-oath of the horati
vibrant, men represented and fighting
rococo architecture
feminine, light colors, sugary sweet, flirtateous
neo-classical painting
flirtatious, romantic
neo-classical architecture
strong, straight lines
roman respect for ancestors
carving busk and shrines, to remember ancestry lines
genre paintings
scenes of everyday life. candid
watts tower
sculpture. made by factory worker. reached over 100 feet described as folk art, outsider or naive art
animals in art
appear in art in every culture
relationship between humans and animals
hunt them, love them. eat them, breed them, identify with them, complex relationship
fantastic creatures
made up, imaginary symbolic representations
unicorns
symbols jesus in christianity, hunted by men, brutally killed
lamassu
creature body of bull, and head of human
monkeys
naturalistic. like human full of energy
royal lion hunt
kings had to go through lion hunt as a ritual. egypt-hunt hippo
john constables the haywain
depicts a meadow, industrial revolution had cities of building and dirty, so this appealed to people because they saw nice pretty nature pictures
ansel adams
photography of nature. helped establish national parks
christian flower symbolism
rose represents mary. iris represents jesus.
islamic gardens
islamic representation of paradise. their version of heaven
zen gardens
japanese. meant to sit and meditate. do not walk through
central park
landscape architecture. restreat from bustling new york city. redesigned and reconstructed.
lightning field
"conceptual" work of art not meant to always be on view
japanese flower arrangement
considered as high form of art as calligraphy and pottery
mayan ball sport
ball game was metaphor for epic journey through the underworld. close to soccer and quiddich . losers are killed
bull leaping
knosos. bull symbolizes fertility and strength. points for leaping over a charging bull
greek theaters
seating is called "theatron" could hold 12,000
shakespears globe theatre
london. round theatre has been built over and over.
opera national de paris
outside structure. ornate and extravagent. high end. "house for the arts"
kabuki
japanese dance drama. sing, dance and skill is what it translates
broadway puppet theater
modern-lion king. unique combo of human puppet
animation
grew out of drawings and flipbooks. labor intensive. avg 14,000 for a 10 minute sequence
talkies
1927 jazz singer movie added synchronized dialogue
henri de toulousse- lautree
little guy hung out in cabarets, favorite subject was JANE AVRIL (a singer dancer)