The document provides information on art from various cultures around the world, including Egyptian, African, Islamic, Asian, ancient Greek and Roman, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Expressionist, Modern and Contemporary art. It discusses key characteristics and purposes of art from each culture and historical period. Examples of prominent artworks are shown to illustrate the styles and techniques. The overall message is that art throughout history has reflected the ideals, beliefs and technologies of different societies and has served to unite people across cultures.

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Unite the world through Music.

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5. Different
Cultures of the
World
United Through
Art

6. Egyptian art remained unchanged for 3,000 years. Their overriding concern was assuring
a comfortable after life for their rulers, who were considered gods. Colossal architecture
and Egyptian art existed to surround the pharaoh’s sprit with eternal glory.
Golden Mask of
King
Tutankhamun
1323 BC
Gold inlaid with glass
and semiprecious
stones 54cm high
Egyptian Museum,
Cairo
Quenn Nefertiti –
1360 BC
Pyrimids of Gisa-Cheops is the largest, the
other two are for Chferen and Mycerinus.
The Great
Sphinx-The
Egyptian
sphinx is
usually a head
of a king
wearing his
headdress and
the body of a
lion.
Fowling Scene
Nebamun's Tom
1400 BC
painted plaster w
31cm
British Museum,
London

7. In the many nations, kingdoms, and culture
groups of the African continent, the arts
were interwoven with all facets of everyday
life. Sculpture, music , dance, drama, and
other forms of art played an important role
in the daily lives of the people.
Many of the similarities observed in African
art forms are due to the fact that artists
select communal activities, rituals, and
ceremonies as the focus of their works. A
great part of African art emphasizes the
important events of life and the forces in
nature that influence the lives of individuals
and communities.
Kono Mask
Senufo- Rhythm
Pounder
Ngady aMwaash
Mask. Kuba, Zaire
Nigil dance mask.
Fang, Garbon
Idia's Mask. Benin,
Nigeria
Zaire, Luama
River, Zimba,
Bango Bango,
or Hemba
people
Mask
Late 19th-early
20th century
Ivory

8. Carved and Braided Arabesques
Al-Aqsa Mosque Dome of the Rock
Jerusalum
Wailing Wall
Worship without “graven images”,
decorates surface of useful objects.
Images of living creatures were not
used.
BIRDS' HEAD HAGGADAH
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Islamic artists decorated
mosques and other religious
structures with ornate
calligraphy, geometric patterns
and stylized plants and flowers.
Great Mosque - Cordoba

9. Asian Architecture
Pampapati Temple
The Liurong Temple,
located on Liurong Road,
is an ancient temple that
is well-known both at
home and abroad. It was
named by Su Dongpo, a
great poet and
calligrapher of the Song
Dynasty.
This surviving temple and
temple complex is the core
of the village of Hampi. It is
also known as the
Pampapati temple. It
predated the empire, and
was extended between the
13th and 17th centuries. It
has two courts with
entrance gopurams. The
main entrance with a 50
meter gopuram faces east
into a ceremonial and
colonnaded street, that
exends for more than half
a mile, to a monolithic
statue of Nandi.
The temple is still in use at
the present day. It is
dedicated to Virupaksha,
an aspect of Shiva and his
consort Pampa, a local deity.

10. Asian cultures: China, Japan, India, Malaysia
Japan – Japanese culture is the croduct of long periods of
isolation from outside cultural influences. The general
characteristics of Japanese art are simplicity of form and
design, attentiveness to the beauty of nature, and subtlety.
China - Considered the oldest continuing civilization. Early
Chinese art centered on animals and on everyday lives of
people.
Japan - Portrait of the Zen
Master Hotto Kokushi
Pottery Figure of a Military Officer
Hokusai, Katsushika- The Great
Wave off Kanagawa
This is the image of a low ranking Qin officer. He wears a round
top-knot and a round soft cap. His shins are protected by leggings,
and he wears square-toed shoes. The half-closed hands originally
held weapons.
Chinese - Mallet-shaped vase with phoenix ears
Southern Sung Dynasty (1127-1279)
Han Gan - White Night Horse
Hiroshige Ando - Moon Pine, Ueno
From "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo“ 1857 Woodblock Print
Winepot with chih-dragon handle
and spout Ming Dynasty

11. with fish in hand.
Red-figure hydria
Classical 480-330
BC
Hercules, Eurystheus and
the Erymanthian savage
boar.
Black-figure pelike
Period: Archaic 700-480 BC
Doric
Capital
Acropolis
Lady of Auxerre
Kore figure- Archaic
Laocoon Group -Hellenistic
Discoblus - Classical
The Temple of Athena Nike
420 B.C. Kallikrates. Ionic order
Temple of Apollo
c. 540 BC Doric Order
The arts present the universal ideal of beauty through logic, order, reason
and moderation. The purpose of the arts is to instruct and perfect human
kind. The arts are also used in ritual to affirm the importance of the gods.
Poarch of the Maidens 420BC

12. The most significant
Roman development in
sculpture was the portrait
bust.
Roman fresco-from
the house of Livia on
the Palatine
Portrait of a Roman
woman
Trajan (ruled 98-117 AD)
Colossal statue of
Constantine as
Cosmocrator
Rome’s most valuable
from the Basilica of contribution was in
Constantine on the
architecture. Roman
Roman Forum
The Arch of Constantine
Erected in honor of Emperor
Constantine,
after battle to defeat Maxentius at the
Milvian Bridge in 315 AD.
builders not only developed
the arch, vault, and dome
but pioneereed the creative
use of concrete.
Arch of Titus
Roman Aqueduct
end of 1st to early 2nd century
Colosseum; Italy, Rome; 72 A.D.
Pantheon, Italy, Rome; 118-35 A.D

13. The arts reflect new freedom of
thought and expression as well as the
beginning of scientific explorations.
Italian Renaissance
The purpose of the arts is to promote
the “rebirth” of Greek and Roman
thought and practices after the Middle
Ages. The arts also reconcile faith and
reason.
School of Athens-Raphael
Lorenzo Ghirberti – the Gates
of Paradise East door Detail
Michelangelo- Sistene Ceiling and
Statue of David
Leonardo da
Vinci-Mona Lisa
Michelangelo
Pieta

14. David, Jacques-Louis
The Oath of the Horatii 1784
The arts reflect a return
to order, reason and
structural clarity. This
period is also refered to
as the Age of Reason as
well as Neo-Classicism. In
music, this period is
known as the Classical
period.The purpose of
arts is a reaction to the
excesses of monarchy and
ornamentation of the
Baroque.
David, Jacques-Louis
Death of Marat
David – Napolean In His Study
David – The Death of Socrates
Thomas Jefferson:
Monticello, 1770-1796; 1809

15. The arts reflect
freedom,
emotion,
sentimentality
and spontaneity.
Also reflected is
an interest in the
exotic, patriotic,
primitive, and
supernatural.
The purpose of
the arts is to
revolt against
neo-classical
order and
reason as well
as a return to
nature and
imagination
Constable - Arundel Mill and Castle
1837
Delacroix, Eugène Liberty leading .
the People - Painted on 28 July 1830, to
commemorate the July Revolution that had
just brought Louis-Phillipe to the throne.
Théodore Géricault (1791-1824)
John Constable- view of
Salsbury Cathedral
Raft of the Medusa (1818-1819,
showing the dying survivors of a contemporary shipwreck.
Friedrich, Caspar David
The Sea of Ice
Francisco de Goya – Shooting of May Thir

16. Inspired by the Norwegian
artist Edvard Munch a group
of German artists insisted that
art should express ones
feelings rather than images of
the real world. Expressionists
used distorted, exaggerated
forms and colors for emotional
impact.
Edvard Munch -The Scream
Franz Marc - The Yellow Cow
Oskar Kokoschka
Self
Portrait of a Degenerate Artist
Ernst Ludwig
Kirchner – Two Women in
Max Beckman – Party
the Street
in Paris

17. The arts reflect the use of experimenta
techniques, the diversity of society and
the blending of cultures. These
movements broke with or redefined the
conventions of the past.
Jackson Pollack Convergence #10
Willem de
Andy Warhol - Campbell Soup
Kooning,
Can
WomanIV ,
Netherlands Georgia O’Keeffe - Cow skull
(1904-1997) with Calico Roses
Salvador Dali – Tthe Persistance
of Memory, 1931
Picasso- Guernica

18. Modern/Contemporary
Frank Lloyd Wright- One
of the most significant
architects ever. He
designed buildings so that
walls, ceilings and floors
flowed with each other and
the outside environment.
Frank Lloyd Wright –
Falling Water
Frank Lloyd Wright- Guggenheim Museum
Jacob Lawrence- Tombstones
Lawrence used art to show
injustice and motivate reform.
Dorothy LangeMigrant Mother
Dorothea Lange focused on
the suffering caused by the
Depression.
White Angel Breadline,
San Francisco, Ca. 1933

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We will use patterns to unite the composition, you
will want to use a pattern symbolic of a specific
culture or many different cultures.

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Pay attention to the
symbolism and the ideas
behind the work.

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