ARHI 2300 Lecture 10: arts10
2 Mar 2017
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Process of injecting pigment or dye under the skin leaves a permanent mark on the body. Mark i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts i(cid:374) the (cid:449)earer"s life. Distinct designs could be used as a form of legal signature. Some form of art has been practiced by aboriginal australians for at least 40,000 years. Rock paintings from arnhem land, north australia, are less than 4000 years old. Subject matter derived from aboriginal experience and nature. A (cid:862)mi(cid:373)i(cid:863) is a spirit (cid:449)ho taught hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s to hu(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d pai(cid:374)t. Figures ofte(cid:374) pai(cid:374)ted (cid:449)ith (cid:862)(cid:454)-ra(cid:455)(cid:863) detail: i(cid:374)di(cid:272)ati(cid:374)g the spi(cid:374)e a(cid:374)d so(cid:373)e i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)al orga(cid:374)s. First inhabited by polynesians from the marquesas islands c. 600 ce. Social hierarchy based on kapu (or taboo) system. Unified warring factions during the 18th century. In 1959 hawaii became the 50th u. s. state. Polynesian island in the southern pacific ocean. 1,300 miles off the coast of chile. Famous for abstract monolithic stone sculptures called moai. Mea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:862)sea(cid:373)ou(cid:374)t,(cid:863) (cid:862)i(cid:373)age,(cid:863) (cid:862)statue,(cid:863) or (cid:862)(cid:271)earers of the gift(cid:863)
