Understanding Iconography Art/101

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UNDERSTANDING Iconography |
Art/101 |
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Rita Ford |
6/4/2011 |

Art/101 |

    I   use   the   reading   material   in   both   chapters   one   and   two   to   find   my   selected   portraits   and
I   feel   I   choose   two   different   pieces   of   art   but   both   are   paintings.   One   symbolizes   religion, while  
the   other   symbolizes   the   Indian   Heritage. The   two   I   choose   was   Figure   6   in   chapter   one and   was
painted   by   Jan Van   Eyck   known   as   a   God   Panel known   as   the   Ghent   Altarpiece,   made   around  
1432   c,.   My   second   one   is   that   of   the   Treaty   Signing   at   Medicine   Creek   Lodge, painted   by  
Howling   Wolf   between   1875- 1878. That   painting   is   figure   43   in   chapter   two   of   the   text.
    The   piece   of   art   I   choose   was   that   of   the   Treaty   Signing   of   Medicine   Creek   Lodge.   I   feel
just   what   the   Native   American   Indians   went   through   back   in   the   days   and   take   pride   in   that   no  
matter   the   circumstance   they   still   had   a   positive   outlook   on   the   land   and   the   people.
    I   feel   that   the   artist   portrayed   all   four   roles   of   and   artist   . The   first   one   being   he   helped   us
see   the   world   the   way   that   Howling   Wolf   seen   the   world   and   nature   even   though   they   as   a
people   where   going   through   such   great   trials   with   imprisonment   they   still   seen   the   beauty.
The   second   role   is   that   Howling   Wolf   created   visual   record   of   the   trials   the   Indian   people   faced
but   still   seen   beauty   in   the   nature   and   their   village. Role   three   was   of   course   portrayed   by   the
way   the   way   he   painted   the   village   but   also   the   women   and   the   land   itself   and   that   is   beauty .
I   also   found   that   he   as   a   Indian   people   took   pride   in   the   women   of   his   tribe   by   giving   them  
grand   headdresses   which   symbolized   importance.   The   fourth   one   is   hard   to   explain   but   I   feel... [continues]

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