ANT200H5 Lecture : ANT200 (Nov 17).docx
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Symbol: something that stands for or suggests something else, relationship between a symbol and what it stands for is arbitrary. If it has no connections with the tradition, then it can"t be understood at all. Art style: distinctive patterning of elements recognized within a culture as appropriate for a particular kind of art. Pipe styles symbolizing communities: maya, yaxchilan. Painted frescos and carved full form structures. The aesthetics of beauty by maya is large nose and flat forehead (practice skull deformation, with a board placed on forehead to change growth pattern of the elites) Depicted flamboyant headdresses; symbolic of the elite. Art: assumption: specialization of art increases with social complexity. Art of egalitarian societies: symmetrical relations between individuals or elements, example: ceramic pot, princess point. Oblique lines over horizontal lines, oblique, horizontal. Art of stratified societies: asymmetry reflects unequal relations between individuals, example: palette of narmer, egypt.
