ART 1107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Pueblo Bonito, Colorfulness, Tropical Climate
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In prehistoric cultures, hunters, gatherers, and early formers linked art and ritual to accomplish tasks like bringing rain. These paintings may have been a part of ancient rituals linked to the bounty of nature. This is sympathetic magic food, art, and ritual. In australia, we see similar phenomenon that links food, art, and ritual. The patterns and symbols in this paintings are part of the aboriginal belief system of the origin of life and the sustenance of everyday existence. Tyi wara dancers are wearing headdresses of the mythic antelopes that brought agriculture to the community. The use of the masks, dance, and ritual help ensure successful crops by the bamana people of mali. Crops, antelope, and ancestors are united in this ritual. Today few people hunt and process the meat they eat. British artist sue coe"s, there is no escape , is a harsh indictment of the meat industry. In addition to sustaining us, food is beautiful.
