Welcome Artists!

1. Welcome Artists! This lesson is a tutorial through all the material we have covered this year about art cultures and to review your knowledge and then they’ll be a quiz at the end of this lesson. What you’re going to need: • Headphones • Microsoft Office Power Point 2010 Click here to go next!!!!

2. What does that mean? There will be several different symbols you will encounter throughout this lesson, here’s what each one means! PREVIOUS NEXTRETURNHOME Just click on the icon to navigate where you need to go! Practice with this next button:

3. Why am I doing this? A common question asked by young artists. This is so you potential artists can identify your art history and the different cultural aspects of different countries with 100% accuracy by the end of this lesson. Also, making a fun and different way than me talking your ear off!

4. Getting Started • Next will be a map of countries or areas from different parts of the globe. You will enter each section and watch a video ( ) where the different cultures and art will be explained to you. At the end of each lesson you will have two options: • 1) To return to the main map and pick the next country • 2) To go on to the final check at the end over all the countries. TEST ME!

5. Art Around the World Native American Art Japanese Art Egyptian Art Indian Art Latin American Art FINAL CHECK

6. Native American Art

7. Introduction • Role of the artist: People were not thought of as artists, but some were just better at it than others. Fine craftsmanship was acknowledged but it was not a way of life. • Design: Natural forms were their main design influence, but others were more geometric patterns. They were often developed from “vision quests”, which was a mysterious journey where it was thought the soul would separate from the physical body.

8. Function • The art objects were always to perform a service and were made with a purpose other than art. Often, they were for religious purpose, but it depended on the region of Native Americans because different regions had their own cultures. • Some like the Plains Indians had a more dominant warrior culture while the Maya had a more religion governed society so their art was influenced by what influenced them the most. • It was also made to record ritual or to please a deity (religious figure).

9. Materials • Mainly natural to their homeland region, so the art reflected the environment in which they lived. • For example, if they lived in a highly forested area they sculpted wood, if they lived in the grasslands they mainly wove baskets. • There is no natural medium (material) that was not used or explored. • The difference between Western art and Native American art was that the Western artist usually imposed a design on the artificially limited surface, while the Native American artist adapted their design to the natural form of their materials depending on what that material was. This made the Native American artists what we would call a naturalist.

10. Video Click on the action button to go to the video.

11. What did we learn? • Native American Art has a function and a purpose other than to be art or decoration. • It was mainly used in religious ceremonies or as a symbolic meaning depending on the regional culture. • The Native American artist was a very naturalistic artist. TEST ME!

12. Indian Art

13. Introduction • “Few areas of the world can claim an artistic heritage comparable to that developed in India over the course of more than four millennia. “ –history.com • The art is influenced from the Hindu, Buddhist, or Jain religions and usually depicts deities (religious figures) from these religions. • It is known for its ancient architecture and sculpture which is carved out of solid rock and mainly are temples such as the Sun Temple at Konarak.

14. Architecture • Indian architecture constantly absorbs influences over time and creates new styles. • There is a large amount of Hindu temples as well as an art in town planning that shows an influence on religion. • FengShui is the harmonizing of engergy and was used in a lot of town planning and building layouts. • With an Islamic influence later in years, that can be seen in the TajMahal, Indian’s crowning glory, which is a tomb made for the favorite wife of an emperor.

15. Other Art Forms • Painting, embroidery, pottery, ornamental woodworking and metal working were all art forms used by the Indian culture. • Mehndi – or the art of henna as a temporary form of skin decoration in India has a religious purpose for women.

16. Video

17. What did we learn? • Indian art has a specific color pallet as well as style of architecture that was influenced by religious meanings like FengShui and Islam. • Pattern and color indicated different things • Art is made to express emotion and different religious meaning and was made with many different mediums. TEST ME!

18. Japanese art

19. Introduction • Japanese art has “delicacy and exquisiteness of form, together with simplicity, characterize traditional Japanese artistic taste” –history.com. • Traditional style of Japanese visual art is painting, pottery, lacquer work, cloisonné, bamboo ware, paper making, cloth dyeing, silk weaving, and screen printing.

20. Aesthetic Concepts • Japanese art started off with a natural materials, practiced simplicity, and were symmetrically balanced. • The art tries to reflect a natural flow rather than structure and had influences from Buddism and the concept of zen. • Zen is used to put one’s consciousness toward the goal of englightenment.

21. Video • There are TWO videos for this section, one on architecture and the other on screen prints, please watch both!

22. What did we learn? • Japanese art had a lot to do with balance and harmony, or zen which came from an influence by the Buddhist religion. • Screen printing is their signature art form as well as using simplicity and natural flow to compose their visual arts. TEST ME!

23. Egyptian Art

24. Introduction • Egyptian art has three different periods which are all distinct. • Wall paintings (or frescos), carved relief paintings, sculpture, and architecture are the main components to Egyptian Art. • Egyptian culture throughout is greatly influenced by their religion and moving on into the afterlife so a lot of art is to ensure their passing.

25. Influcences • Egyptian art often contains the deities (religious figures) to their religion and explained their stories. • The Egyptian people viewed their pharaohs (rulers/kings) as gods themselves and would depict them as such.

26. Video

27. What did we learn? • There are three kingdoms that have different styles to each period: • Old Kingdom: Power in expression and lots of architecture like Abu Simbel and the Great Pyramids. All art had a special proportion system. • Middle Kingdom: Sad faces due to lots of invasion and more somber expressions. • New Kingdom: New religion and ruler lead to new style in the art. • Egyptian Art focuses on their religious deities, pharaohs, and the passing from death into the afterlife. • Egyptian artists used a set of proportions that was their idea of the ideal human proportions in their depictions of humans. TEST ME!

28. Latin American Art

29. Introduction • Latin American art is the combined art of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico. • It has a tradition of indigenous art, the development of Latin American visual art owed much to the influence of Spanish, Portuguese and French Baroque painting, which in turn often followed the trends of the Italian Masters. • A lot of the influences come from the ancient Aztec, Mayan, and Inca cultures.

30. Art Medium • Folk art traditions had the most influence on the Mexico region on Latin American Art which mainly comes from Spanish culture. Clay pottery was the main medium along with colorful embroidery, baskets, and rugs. • Artistic characteristics are repeated all over the region of angular, linear patterns.

31. Video • There are TWO videos for Latin America, please watch both!

32. What did we learn? • That Latin American art has a medium of painting, ceramics, weaving, and textiles that incorporate a lot of bold bright colors. • Latin America has four regions of South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. • It has a lot of influences from the ancient Incan, Aztec, and Mayan cultures. TEST ME!

33. Final Check • During this Final Check, you will be shown one of three options: • Pictures from one of the cultures we have discussed and you must identify them. • A characteristic of an art and you must pick which culture has that characteristic. • An art culture will be identified and you must pick a similar culture. • They all will be multiple choice questions, follow the action buttons as usual.

34. 1. What culture did this art come from? EGYPTIAN JAPANESE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN

35. Sorry wrong answer Hint: What type of medium did the artist use?

36. Correct! Screen printing is the main art of Japan.

37. Sorry wrong answer Hint: What type of medium did the artist use?

38. Sorry wrong answer Hint: What type of medium did the artist use?

39. 2. What culture is similar to this? • Hint: Indian Patterns and colors. LATIN AMERICAN NATIVE AMERICAN JAPANESE EGYPTIAN

40. Correct! Yes, Latin America has similar colors and representation in their patterns.

41. Sorry wrong answer. Hint: What culture has similar colors?

42. 3. What culture uses zen? • Zen- Buddist idea of being able to be jolted into englightenment. JAPANESE INDIAN EGYPTIAN

43. Correct! Yes, Japanese used zen to create natural flow to their artwork.

44. Incorrect, try again. Hint: Zen also has to do with natural flow of things.

45. 4. What cultures uses FengShui? • FengShui has to do with the harmonious arrangement of things. JAPANESE INDIAN EGYPTIAN

46. You’re right! Great job! Yes, FengShui was used by the Indian culture to arrange towns and design their buildings.

47. Sorry, wrong answer. Hint: It was primarily used here to plan towns and buildings before it moved Northward.

48. 5. What culture adapts the design to the medium? LATIN AMERICAN NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN

49. Great job! Native Americans would adapt their designs to what they were making.

50. Close, try again. Hint: They were a very naturalistic culture.