Consider the ways in which the artists of early cultures in the Pacific and the Americas used the materials in their natural environment to create their art. How does this aspect of their art relate to their cultural beliefs?
What will be an ideal response?
Polynesian people believed certain materials were sacred to the gods, among them feathers. Feather cloaks embody ideas about social order and the continuing presence of ancestors and the protective power of the gods. Ritual help for a spirit back to the Dreaming is the subject of a Pacific aboriginal artwork constructed with earth pigments on bark, a connection to the earthly life. The Plains Indians of North America made headdresses with tail feathers of eagles, which were identified with the sky deity Thunderbird and offered protective spiritual power. The Tolei culture involves costumes of leaves, which represent nature and the natural order of things.
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a. greed b. anger c. redemption d. forgiveness e. love
To depict the human body according to an idea of physical perfection is called
a. idealization. b. romanticism. c. naturalism. d. realism.
In what ways might a puppeteer train for his/her craft?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is probably the supreme example of earth-dominating architecture in the West?
A. West Wing of the National Gallery of Art B. Farnsworth house C. Guggenheim Museum D. St. Peter's