- Art of the PAcific: Key IDeas
- Strong gender roles for creating art
- Wood is the primary material: they have perfected woodcarving
- Intricate lines and details
- Art of Easter Island is unusual in Oceanic art
- Heavily influenced by the sea (point of isolation and connecting through travel and trade).
- Art is in the form of performances, chants, dances, or rituals. Objects of dress/costumes or masks are used as props or disguises in religious rituals. They are not produced for aesthetic reasons.
- The use of natural materials such as fibers (plant materials), pigments, bones, sea ivory and shell, tortoise shell, wood, coral, and stone are very important to the meaning and symbolism of the artworks
- "Artworks" are displayed in the men's communal house.
QUICK HISTORY
- Some of the oldest inhabited areas on Earth (The Aboriginals reached Australia around 50,000 years ago)
- Some places only inhabited up to 1000 years ago (remote islands of the Pacific, Easter Island, New Zealand)
- We know about the culture of these areas because of explorations in the 18th century
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Vocabulary1. deity
2. tapa 3. tatu (tattoo)/moko 4. mana (strength) 5. malanggan (malangan) 6. tatanua masks 7. moai 8. pukao 9. monolith 10. 'ahu 'ula |
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2. Moai on platform 3. Ahu 'ula (feather cape) 4. Staff god 5. Female deity 6. Buk (mask) 7. Hiapo (tapa) 8. Tamati Waka Nene 9. Navigation chart 10. Malagan display and mask 11. Presentation of Figian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II Videos & Links |