Barron's: Chapter 28 - Oceanic Art Flashcards
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Time Period
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- from ancient times to present
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Essential Knowledge
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- Art is created using available materials such as bone, shell, wood, coral, fiber, and stone
- Australia was populated about 30,000 years ago. The islands were populated about 4,000 years ago. Europeans began arriving in the sixteenth century
- Some objects symbolize family or clan history; others celebrate history and were meant to be destroyed afterwards
- The Laptia culture began the Pacific pattern of migration, bringing their plants, animals, customs, and culture with them
- Ship building and navigation became essential communication lines in the vast distances involved
- Sculptures representing forces in the supernatural world were often wrapped to be protected. One’s mana or vital force needs to be defended and protected. Sometimes mana could represent a whole community. The act of protecting the mana through rituals or wrapping is called tapu.
- Each community in the Pacific had a different way of conducting spiritual exercises and commanding a social structure
- Ritual performances each have a different purpose: e.g., celebration, war
- The act of performance contains the work’s meaning. The objects in that performance contain no meaning unless brought to life b the rituals
- Rituals and performances often involve exchanging pre-arranged items that have symbolic value
- A symmetry of relationship is often sought. Opposing forces, such as gender, are placed within a balancing situation in many rituals
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Nan Madol
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- c. 700-1600
- basalt boulders and prismatic columns
- Pohnpei, Micronesia
- Oceanic art
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Water and Architecture
- Ryoan-ji
- Gehry, Guggenheim Bilbao
- Wright, Fallingwater
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Female deity
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- c. eighteenth to nineteenth century
- wood
- Nukuoro, Micronesia
- Oceanic art
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Navigation chart
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- Marshall Islands
- nineteenth to early twentieth century
- wood and fiber
- Oceanic art
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Utility
- Ambum Stone
- Ardabil Carpet
- Pyxis of al-Mughira
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‘Ahu’ula (feather cape)
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- late eighteenth century
- feathers and fiber
- Museum of the Americas, Madrid
- Oceanic art
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Regalia
- Ruler’s Feathered Headdress
- Gold and Jade Crown
- Ndop Contextual Photograph
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Staff god
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- Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- late eighteenth to early nineteenth century
- wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers
- British Museum, London
- Oceanic art
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Hiapo (tapa) from Niue
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- c. 1850-1900
- tapa or bark cloth
- freehand painting
- Aukland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand
- Oceanic art
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Abstraction
- Braque, Portugese
- Ambum Stone
- Mehretu, Stadia II
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Tamati Waka Nene
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- Gottfried Lindauer
- 1890
- oil on canvas
- Aukland art Gallery, Aukland, New Zealand
- Oceanic art
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Rulers
- Houdon, George Washington
- Wall plaque from Oba’s palace
- Augustus of Prima Porta
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Malagan mask
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- Papua New Guinea
- c. twentieth century
- wood, pigment, fiber, and shell
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
- Oceanic art
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Faces
- Mblo
- Roman Patrician
- Reliquary of Sainte-Foy
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Buk (mask)
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- Torres Strait
- mid-to-late nineteenth century
- turtle shell, woo, fiber, feathers, and shell
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Oceanic art
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Masks
- Aka elephant mask
- Olmec mask
- Transformation mask
12
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Presentation of Fijan mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II during the 1953-1954 royal tour
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- 1953
- multimedia performance
- photographic documentation
- Oceanic art
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Performance
- Viola, The Crossing
- Lukasa Memory Board
13
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Moai on platform (ahu)
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- c. 1100-1600
- volcanic tuff figures on basalt base
- Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
- Oceanic art
14
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‘Ahu ‘ula
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- Hawaiian feather cloaks
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Moai
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- large stone sculptures found on Easter Island
