Studied by 54 peopleTags & Description
-Macchu Picchu
-Unknown builder
-Location; Inca, Peru
-1450 - 1530
-Stonework
-Machu Picchu is an example of refined, enduring stonework
-It was the ruler's summer home and rests 9,000 feet above sea level
-The entire complex was designed with sensitivity to its surrounding landscape
-Te-Hau-Ki-Puranga (Māori Meeting House)
-Raharuhi Rukupo
-Location; New Zealand
-1842- 1843
-Wood, shell, glass, flax & pigments
-Te-Hau-ki-Turanga is the oldest existing, fully decorated meeting house in New Zealand
-It was a memorial for master carver Raharuhi Rukupo's brother
-The house symbolizes the tribe's founding ancestor, with a ridgepole for a background and enfolding arms; ancestors "support" the house
-Curvilinear patterns, kowhaiwhai, decorate the rafters and lattice panels (tukutuku) made by women fill the spaces between wall planks
-Sculptural figures are rendered frontally and have large heads with open eyes
-Part of the Meeting House
-Jahangir & Shah Abbas
-Nadir al-Zaman (Abu’l Hasan)
-Location; India
-Mughal Period, 1618
-Opaque watercolour, gold & ink on paper
-Jahangir, successor to Akbar, established his own workshop for painting
-Portraiture became prolific at this time
-A painting of Jahangir and Shah Abbas was created during a moment of tension between Shah Abbas and the Mughal throne
-Jahangir is depicted as much larger than Shah Abbas, who bows deferentially to the emperor
-Taj Mahal
-Shah Jahan
-Location; Agra, India
-Mughal Period, 1631 - 1648
-Brick, sandstone, white marble
-Shah Jahan built this mausoleum in honor of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal
-It was the first major architectural undertaking during his reign
-The enclosure is divided into quadrants, which would have had fruit trees and cypresses in Shah Jahan's time
-The garden would have continued on the far bank of the Jamuna River
-The tomb was flanked by a mosque and a hall on either side
-A chattri crowns each minaret
-Although it is basically square, chamfered corners create a subtle octagon
-Surfaces are embellished with subtle relief and a blind arcade motif
-Shwedagon Stupa (Pagoda)
-Artist Unknown, built under Burmese rulers
-Location; Yangon, Myanmar
-14th - 15th century
-Made of bricks covered with genuine gold plates and the main stupa itself is entirely covered in gold, adorned with a crowning umbrella encrusted with diamonds and other jewels
-The port city of Yangon is the site for this stupa, which enshrines relics of the four past Buddhas
-It underwent continual restoration and enhancement under Burmese rulers
-The bell-shaped spire is capped by an umbrellalike shape
-Tea Bowl, called Yugure (“Twilight”)
-Chojiro
-Location; Kyoto
-Momoyama Period, late 16th century
-Raku Ware
-Slightly misshapen Korean-style rice bowls became inspiration for potters
-One of the finest surviving early tea bowls is Yugure, attributed to Chojiro, founder of the Raku potter
-The gritty red clay of raku ware was developed specifically for the tea ceremony.
-Taian Tearoom
-Sen no Rikyu
-Location; Kyoto
-Momoyama Period, 1582
-Wood, bamboo
-The most famous tea master in Japanese history, Sen no Rikyu established the aesthetic of modesty, refinement, and rusticity in tearooms
-The Taian is a tearoom that preserves his design
-Guests must crawl to enter the room and no elements of distraction exist within
-Pair of Flasks (Negative one)
-Artist Unknown
-Location; China
-Ming Dynasty, 1403 - 1424 (reign of Yongle emperor)
-Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
-Imperial kilns in Jingdezhen became the most world-renowned center for porcelain
-Subtle shape, vigorous decoration, and flawless glazing of the flasks on the next slide represent the achievements of Ming ceramic artists
-Arm Chair
-Artist Unknown
-Location; China
-Ming Dynasty, 16th -17th century
-Huanghuali wood (hardwood)
-This chair is a result of the influence of the Literati Aesthetic
-The armchair shown is constructed without glue or nails and emits a simple, clear, symmetrical, and balanced style
-Landscape gardening flourished, evident in the largest surviving example, Garden of the Cessation of Official Life, which featured strings of pavilions with poetic names
-Artist’s Rendering of the Kojoin Guesthouse at Onojoji
-Minaret, Kudus Mosque
-Artist Unknown
-Location; Kudus, Java, Indonesia
-1549
-Red Brickwork
-This is one of the earliest examples of Islamic architecture in Java; while the mosque itself was renovated, the minaret survives from 1549
-Various indigenous and international influences shaped this tower
-Gateway of India
-George Wittet
-Location; Mumbai, India
-1924
-Yellow Basalt
-Built to welcome King George V, the British constructed this monument in the style of a European triumphal arch and decorated it with South Asian embellishments
-The Gateway was later used as a symbolic ceremonial entrance to India for Viceroys and the new Governors of Bombay
-The Gateway of India has stood at the port of Mumbai for over 90 years
-The arched monument stands 85 ft high on Mumbai Harbor, overlooking the Arabian Sea
-Hundreds of Birds admiring the Peacocks
-Yin Hong
-Location; China
-Ming Dynasty, late 15th - early 16th century
-Hanging scroll with ink & colour on silk
-An example of Ming court taste is typified in Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks by Yin Hong
-The subject symbolizes homage of court officials to the imperial state
-A bolder and less constrained landscape style, sometimes called the Zhe, is represented in Returning Home Late from a Spring Outing
-A view of the world
-Artist Unknown
-Location; Mexico
-1400 - 1519
-Paint on animal hide
-Page from Codex Fejervary-Mayer
-Books took the form of a screen-fold that allowed different pages of the book to be juxtaposed
-A rare manuscript preserved Mesoamerican cosmology
-Each of the 260 dots refers to a day in their calendar, and they were linked to 20 day signs throughout the image
-Wampum Belt
-Artist Unknown
-Location; The Eastern Woodlands, North America
-1680’s
-Shell beads, fur
-Belts and strings of purple and white shell beads were called wampum
-These were exchanged to keep records and conclude treaties
-Few survive, but the one on the next slide commemorates a treaty of Pennsylvania land being ceded by the Delawares in 1682
-Traditionally called William Penn’s Treaty with The Delaware
-Feathered Basket
-A Pomo Woman from California
-Location; California, U.S.
-1877
-Willow, bulrush, fern, feather, shells, glass beads
-Three principal basket-making techniques include coiling, twining, and plaiting
-It features a spiral surface with clam shell and feathers woven into it
-Such baskets were treasured and even cremated with their owners at death.
-Black-on-black storage jar
-Maria Montoya Martinez & Julian Martinez
-Location; New Mexico
-1942
-Ceramic
-The contemporary Pueblo people still make fine ceramics
-Maria Montoya Martinez of the San Ildefonso Pueblo created a unique blackware style noted for its elegant forms and subtle textures
-Women wearing Net Bags (Bilum)
-Artist Unknown
-Location; Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea
-1990
-Fibre
-Bilum are rich metaphorical symbols, even synonyms for womb and bride among women of the Waghi tribe
-They can carry items from vegetables to babies to bones of the deceased
-Contemporary fibers have made their way into the complicated patterns
-Royal Mortuary Compound
-Nan Madol
-Location; Pohnpei, Micronesia
-1200
-Basalt blocks
-Nan Madol was an administrative and ceremonial center for powerful kings and consists of 92 artificial islands within a network of about 170 acres
-Walls of the Royal Mortuary Compound rise to 25 tall
-Stone logs were split from the cliffs by heating and dousing the stone in alternation
-Chilkat Blanket
-Chilkat Tlingit Men & Women
-Location; Southeast Alaska, North America
-1850
-Mountain goat wool, yellow cedar bark, linen thread
-Men drew patterns on boards, and women wove them into blankets
-The popular design shown here is the diving whale; precise identifications and meanings have not been established
-Ovoid and formline shapes are characteristic of Northwest painting
-Bunsei Landscape
-Shubun
-Location; Japan
-Muromachi period, mid 15th century
-Hanging scroll with ink & light colours on paper
-Many Japanese artists adopted monochrome landscape paintings during this period
-No undisputed work survives of the monk-artist Shubun, but two by his pupil Bunsei remain
-Mimicking Chinese models from the Ming period as well as Korean ink landscapes, works convey serenity
-Dry Rock Garden
-Artist Unknown
-Location; Ryoanji, Kyoto
-Muromachi Period, 1480
-Rocks, gravel
-Dry landscape gardens like the temple at Ryoanji present beautiful stones in asymmetrical arrangements across a flat rectangle of gravel
-They were inspired by Chinese landscape paintings by the sixteenth century and became highly intellectualized by the mid-seventeenth century
-Otani Oniji in the role of Yakko Edobe
-Toshusai Sharaku
-Location; Edo
-Edo Period, 1794
-Polychrome woodblock print with ink, colours, & white mica on paper
-Toshusai Sharaku produced 146 prints, mostly of famous kabuki actors, within the year of 1794–1795
-Otani Oniji captures a tension-filled moment from an action drama
-Such half-length portraits captured the essence of characters portrayed on stage
-Kente Cloth
-Rayon
-Location; Asante, Ghana
-1980
-Cloth
-Textile weavers used light, horizontal looms that appeared as rectangles on the finished kente cloth
-Royal men wore a single piece while women wore a skirt and a shawl
-The cloth is reserved for formal, special occasions
-One of the two doors from the Kings Palace at Ise
-Olowe of Ise
-Location; Yoruba, Nigeria
-1904 - 1910
-Wood & Pigment
-Olowe of Ise was one of the most important Yoruba artists of the early 20th century
-He carved the door for the palace at Ise in an asymmetrical composition
-The relief is so high that the figures’ upper bodies are carved in the round
-It commemorates the arinjale’s reception of the first British travelling commissioner
-Members of the British Punitive expedition to Benin City
-Artist unknown
-Location; Benin City
-1897
-Photograph
-Seen in the Royal Palace with objects from the Oba’s treasury
-General Jame Phillip’s mission to make more favourable trade agreements with Benin City ended the Oba’s warrior chiefs killing all but two British delegates
-In return, Britain seized over 2,000 objects
-The new Oba commissioned a replacement altar thereafter
-Blobo Bla (female spirit spouse)
-Artist unknown
-Location; Ivory Coast
-Early-mid 20th century
-Wood and glass beads
-The Baule people of the Ivory Coast believe everyone lived in a spirit world before birth and left behind a spouse
-If a person has difficulty assuming their gender-specific role, a diviner may prescribe commissioning of the Spirit Spouse
-The owner cares for the statue to restore balance in their human life
-Flag for a New World Power
-El Anatsui
-Location; Ghana
-2004
-Aluminum (bottle caps), and copper wire
-El Anatsui began to study Ghanian surface design traditions as produced by Ewe and Ashanti textile artists
-He created a large body of work inspired by uli, an important Igbo surface design system
-He also appropriated found objects and weaved them into wall sculpture as seen in Flag for a New World Power
-Dancer from the Marquesas Art & Culture Festival
-Photographed by Lionel Gouverner
-Location; Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands
-2013
-Traditional tattooing (ink)
-Spirals were prominently featured in Maori facial tattoos, and rows of triangles indicated Hawaiian designs
-Each design had a name and meaning
-Special houses were constructed for the tattooing of high-ranking people due to the painful and expensive nature of the art
-It was forbidden in the nineteenth century by French colonists
-A resurgence in the 1970s brought about the full tattooing of Marquesan Teve Tupuhia, who based his designs on drawings made by George Langsdorff dated 1804
-Inca Masonry
-Location; Machu Picchu, Peru
-1450-1530
-Stonework was created with heavy stone hammers and without mortar
-Faces of each stone might be beveled for a "pillowed" shape or they might be smoothed into a continuous wall of stones
-So refined was this stonework that it has survived earthquakes that destroyed later structures
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