
WORLD ART WITH PROFESSOR JODI PATTERSON.
(Image above: Garuda Royal Barge Decoration, Bangkok)
I.
INDIA (with Hindu focus and one Cambodian temple)
TIME: 2 hours/one class session
Helpful link: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hind/hd_hind.htm
Main Religion: Hinduism (describe)
Main Religious text: Vedas (Sanskrit)
Who is: Shiva, Ganesha, Krishna, Lakshmi, Kali (describe/show looks, animal companion and power of/over)
Dress: Sari
Fabric decoration: Batik (understand the process of)
Temples:
1. Kanchipuram (Varadharaja, Ekambaranatha)
2. Khajuraho,
3. Sri Ranganathaswamy,
4. Meenakshi Amman,
5. Angkor Wat (in Cambodia)
Hatha Yoga.
Mehndi hand designs
Festivals or holidays: Diwali, Holi, Magh Mela, Pushkar Camel Festival
Food of.
II.
SOUTHEAST ASIA (Buddhist focus with some Indian locations included)
TIME: 2 hours/1 class session
Helpful link:
Main Religion: Buddhism: Theravada, Mahayana, and some Zen (may include other sects if desire but not Tibetan Buddhism) (Nirvana)
Who is: Buddha, Bodhisattva
History of the image of Buddha
How to identify a Buddha in art
Famous Buddha statues:
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Reclining Buddha, at Wat Pho, Bangkok
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Colossal Buddha, Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
Mudras (show at least three common positions of)
Symbols of: Lotus (show examples of use in artworks)
Garuda
Architecture of:
1. The Shwedagon Pagoda (Golden Pagoda in Yangon),
2. The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, India,
3. Boudhanath in Kathmandu,
4. Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok
5. Stupa: The Great Stupa in Sanchi, India
6. The White Temple (Wat Rong Khun), Thailand
III.
ART OF THE HIMALAIANS
TIME: 2 hours/one class session
Online resource: http://library.brown.edu/cds/BuddhistTempleArt/TibetanArt.html
Tibetan Buddhism (Tantic and Vajrayana)
Dharma
Dali Lama
Thangka Painting
Dharmapala Protectors
Tsampa figurines
Shakyamuni
Jataka Tales
Malas
Mandalas
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Sand Mandala
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Borobudur, Java
Prayer Flags
Boudhanath in Kathmandu, Nepal
Monasticism
Monastaries: Drepung
Festivals: Butter Land, Shoton
IV.
MIDDLE EAST
TIME: 2 hours/1 class session
Online resource: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-islam/beginners-guide-islamic/a/introduction-to-islam-2
Islam
Muslim
Muhammad
Book: The Koran (Qur’an)
Mecca
Relevant Architecture:
1. The Kaaba,
2. The Dome of the Rock,
3. The Great Mosque (Spiral) at Samarra
4. Taj Mahal,
Common features of mosque architecture
Famous Mosques:
1. The Alhambra in Spain,
2. The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey,
Calligraphy. Example: Illuminated tughra of Sultan Suleyman
Persian Rugs: Ardabil carpet, Tabriz.
Contemporary architecture: Dubai: Burj Khalifa; Burj Al Arab
Saudi Arabia: Makkah Royal Clock Tower
Festivals/holidays: The Hajj, Ramadan
V.
POLYNESIA
TIME: 1 hour/1/2 class session shared with art of Austrailia and New Zealand
Indonesia:
The Wayang Puppets (Indonesia shadow puppets) – accompanied by gamelan (instrumens of?)
Hawaii:
Grass skirts
Feather cloak known as the “Kearny Cloak”
Easter Island: Moai heads
Papua New Guinea: Ceremonial house of Abelam people
Asmat Ancestral poles: New Guinea
AUSTRAILIA (1 hour)
TIME: 30 minutes/ shared with Polynesia and New Zealand
Papunya “Dream Painting”
Bark Painting
NEW ZEALAND
TIME: 30 minutes/shared with Polynesia and Australia
Maori art: Wood carvings and
Ta moko (tattoos)
VI.
JAPAN (1 hour)
TIME: 1 hour/1/2 class session shared with China and Korea
Shinto (kami and iwakura)
Shinto shrine (Torii, ema, Omikuji)
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Fushimi Inari Shrine
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Itsukushima Shrine
wabi sabi
Samurai’
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Sculptures of Unkei for the Great South Gate of the Todai-ji temple titled Nio or Kongorikishi (sometimes Kongo Rikishi)
Nature:
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Bonsai
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Cherry trees (link to DC)
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Ikebana
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Koi
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Sand gardens such as: Garden of the Daisen-in of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto (attributed to Soami)
Pagoda
Prints:
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Katsushika Hokusai, “The Great Wave of Kanagawa” and other Edo era woodblock prints
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Gyotaku
Painting:
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Sumi-e
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Enso
CHINA
TIME: 1/2 hour/ shared with Japan and Korea
Confucianism
Daoism
Ying and yang
Feng Shui
(fan?)
silkworms (A silkworm is Born by ann Stepp)
Bamboo
Great wall of china
paper cutting
Chinese opera
kites
dragons
calligraphy
invention of paper
Tomb of Emperor Shihhuangdi, terracotta figures, 221 – 206 BCE
Feng Shui
VII.
Sub-Saharan AFRICA
TIME: 2 hours/whole class session
Dogan villages Banani (parts of): The Dogon, an isolated tribe in West Africa, still maintain their ancient and unique belief system. They have no written language: their myths and legends have been passed down through the generations by oral tradition.
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tell em figures
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Dogan mask society (sirige mask, kanaga mask, Imina na mask)
Nkondi African fetish figures (example: Nkisi nkondi) from the Congo
Chiwara (Chi Wara) objects of the Bamana people of Mali
Samburu tribal bead work of North Kenya
Omo Valley tribes and the effect of tourism:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/may/24/photographing-the-omo-valley-people
Ghanaian fantasy coffins.
VIII.
RUSSIA
45 minutes
Architecture:
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The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
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Saint Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow
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Church of the Savior on Blood, St. Petersburg
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Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo (Rococo style)
Faberge eggs
Matroyshka dolls
GERMANY
15 minutes
Neuschwanstein Castle
IX.
RANDOM SACRED SPACES
45 minutes
Ireland:
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Newgrange
Portugal:
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The Initiation Well, Sintra
Jordan:
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Petra
India:
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Ajanta Caves
Iran:
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Persopolis
X.
“Old” Mesoamerica & South America
TIME: 1 hour/ ½ class session shared with “new” Mexico
Olmec:
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Colossal heads (San Lorenzo)
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thrones (altars) (La Venta)
Maya:
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Temple of the Giant Jaguar, Tikal, Guatemala. 732 BCE.
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan. c. 1000
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Tulum, Coba, MX. c. 1200 - 1400
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Ball courts
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Cenotes
Aztec:
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Stone of Five Suns or Aztec Calendar Stone,
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Tenochtitlan, Mexico
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Mosaic
Inca:
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Machu Picchu near Cuzco, Peru
“New” Mexico
TIME: 1 hour/ ½ class session shared with “old” Mexico
el dia del muerte
(tequila)
murals (diego rivera and frida kahlo)
huichol indian yarn painting
XI.
NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (Western)
TIME: 1 hour/ ½ class session shared with Native Americans (Eastern)
Pacific Northwest.
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“The Whale House” and its art in Kasaan on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. http://www.kavilco.com/khhf_pages/whale-hse.htm
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Types of “totem” poles (mortuary, memorial, welcome/potlatch, etc.) https://www.sfu.ca/brc/art_architecture/totem_poles.html
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Chilkat blankets, Alaska and B.C.
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Kwakiutl Transformation masks, British Columbia (B.C.)
Pueblo:
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Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
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Mesa Verde, Four Corners, Colorado
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Martina Martinez (1881-1980), clayware
Hopi:
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Kachina dolls/dance. Arizona
NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (Eastern)
TIME: 1 hour/ ½ class session shared with Native Americans (Western)
Mound Builders:
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Serpent Mound, southern Ohio. Hopewell (+Mound City in Chillicothe, OH).
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Cohokia, near Collinsville, Illinois
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Poverty Point earthworks, Louisiana http://www.povertypoint.us/history-artifacts
XII.
ART OF THE NATURAL WORLD (pending)
UNESCO SITES of coutnries covered
LANDSCAPE ARTISTS
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