History of African Art and New World Culture
Art History of African Art and New World Culture - Exam #1 Study Guide
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Introduction:
Ceremonial Robe (Chilkat Blanket), 19th-20th c.
Haida red cedar bentwood box
Cultural Anthropology:
-the study of learned behavioral systems.
-Includes kinship systems, religion, economic systems, political systems, and symbolic systems
Holism: Cultures make sense when the relationships of these various parts are understood.
Cultural Relativism: behavior/practices of one culture should not be judged by another culture.
Petroglyph: rock carvings/drawings by prehistoric people
Pictograph of pastoral scene from Tassili N’Ajjer, Algeria
c. 7000-c 3000 BC
Giraffe petroglyph, Niger; 6000-9000 y.a
uKhahlambda; Drakensberg Park, South Africa. Pictograph Culture: San Importance: Small human figures in running postures, hunting eland (large antelopes), systems of metaphors are closely associated with San Shamanistic religion.
Algonquian purple wampum belt, 18th c.
African Peoples:
-Continent of 52 nations
-1/5 of the world’s land mass
-More than 2000 ethnic, cultural & linguistic groups
Belief’s and practices:
-Honoring ancestors
-Nature spirits (animism)
-Witchcraft
-Divination
-Initiations (birth, puberty, marriage, death)/membership in secret societies -Secret societies: seen as a “rite of passage” to induct youth into adulthood -Ritual connection with ancestors/nature spirits -Bamana peoples/professional caste (blacksmiths, farmers, warriors)
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Nok:
-Introduction of metallurgy -Metallurgy: extraction of metal from their cores
-Ironworking spread from Nok
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African trade routes/products 11th-12th c.:
Mali, West Africa:
-Over 40 languages spoken (most unintelligible)
-Religion is 90% Islam
-Agriculture is their
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Introduction:
Ceremonial Robe (Chilkat Blanket), 19th-20th c.
Haida red cedar bentwood box
Cultural Anthropology:
-the study of learned behavioral systems.
-Includes kinship systems, religion, economic systems, political systems, and symbolic systems
Holism: Cultures make sense when the relationships of these various parts are understood.
Cultural Relativism: behavior/practices of one culture should not be judged by another culture.
Petroglyph: rock carvings/drawings by prehistoric people
Pictograph of pastoral scene from Tassili N’Ajjer, Algeria
c. 7000-c 3000 BC
Giraffe petroglyph, Niger; 6000-9000 y.a
uKhahlambda; Drakensberg Park, South Africa. Pictograph Culture: San Importance: Small human figures in running postures, hunting eland (large antelopes), systems of metaphors are closely associated with San Shamanistic religion.
Algonquian purple wampum belt, 18th c.
African Peoples:
-Continent of 52 nations
-1/5 of the world’s land mass
-More than 2000 ethnic, cultural & linguistic groups
Belief’s and practices:
-Honoring ancestors
-Nature spirits (animism)
-Witchcraft
-Divination
-Initiations (birth, puberty, marriage, death)/membership in secret societies -Secret societies: seen as a “rite of passage” to induct youth into adulthood -Ritual connection with ancestors/nature spirits -Bamana peoples/professional caste (blacksmiths, farmers, warriors)
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Nok:
-Introduction of metallurgy -Metallurgy: extraction of metal from their cores
-Ironworking spread from Nok
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African trade routes/products 11th-12th c.:
Mali, West Africa:
-Over 40 languages spoken (most unintelligible)
-Religion is 90% Islam
-Agriculture is their