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Explore the contrasting artistic representations and cultural significance found in a variety of artworks from different societies. Develop thesis statements to highlight the key issues represented by each pair of slides and understand the cultural context behind them.
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ARH 203 Study Guide FOR 10/25/05 MIDTERM PART 2 SLIDE REVIEW/THESIS STATEMENT Please review the following slides and complete or revise your notes. Please practice developing a thesis sentence for each juxtaposition THESIS SENTENCE: One complete,accurate, unified, precise sentence stating issues represented by each pair of slides together.
LEFT: Wo-Haw, Wo-Haw between Two Worlds, 1875-7, ledger-book drawing, graphite/colored pencil on paper • RIGHT: Mrs. Minnie Sky Arrow, Beaded Dress, c. 1890, glass beads over buckskin
ONI OF IFE, & QUEEN, NIGERIA c. 1100 - 1400 A.D. GIOVANNI ARNOLFINI & HIS BRIDE, c. 1434 AD By Jan Van Eyck, Northern Renaissance
CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI Sleeping Muse Bronze. 1949. HUNTING NET, ZANDE, ZAIRE, HERBERT LANG COLLECTION, 1910
LEFT: LEAH NAMPEYO, c. 1900. HOPI,1ST MESA RIGHT:Raharuhi Rukupo Self Portrait in the HouseTe Hau-ki-Turanga Maori, New Zealand
STUDENT PRACTICE THESIS SENTENCE: The Haida totems represent cultural hierarchy & power whereas the Asmat territorial markers are focused on the cyclical nature of the environment and core locus of their cultures [sic] epistemology. LEFT: HAIDA, NWC, Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., 1888 RIGHT: ASMAT, IRIAN JAYA MBIS (Ancestral POLES) on Beach, 1961; Mangrove Wood, Sago Palm.
STUDENT PRACTICE THESIS SENTENCE: While the Haida crest poles and the Asmat Mbis have a common purpose of honoring ancestors, they do have several innate differences. LEFT: HAIDA, NWC, Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., 1888 RIGHT: ASMAT, IRIAN JAYA MBIS (Ancestral POLES) on Beach, 1961; Mangrove Wood, Sago Palm.
STUDENT PRACTICE THESIS SENTENCE: Both the Haida settlement with totem poles and the Asmat Mbis ancestral poles have ritual significance and would have been considered points of power in their communities. LEFT: HAIDA, NWC, Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., 1888 RIGHT: ASMAT, IRIAN JAYA MBIS (Ancestral POLES) on Beach, 1961; Mangrove Wood, Sago Palm.