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Anthropology and Art

Anthropology and Art. Art is universal. People express themselves with imagination, beauty, skill, style. song. music. painting. folklore. poetry. architecture. performane. dance. sculpture. carving. calligraphy. pottery. weaving. The Earliest Art. Neanderthal 70 – 35 kya

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Anthropology and Art

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  1. Anthropology and Art

  2. Art is universal • People express themselves with imagination, beauty, skill, style song music painting folklore poetry architecture performane dance sculpture carving calligraphy pottery weaving

  3. The Earliest Art • Neanderthal 70 – 35 kya • Burials decorated with ochre • Beads • flutes • Modern Humans • Venus figures • Cave painting

  4. Characteristics of Art • Art is a reflection of cultural values • Art uses symbols, different in each culture • In some cultures the art object has spiritual power so created in a certain way, these cultures have little change in style • Changes in artistic style can be used to understand history of a culture

  5. Functions of Art • Ritual • Expression of Cultural Themes • Depiction of Social Structure • Expression of Resistance to the Elite • Recording Cultural History • Personal Expression

  6. Art as Ritual • Many cultures use art to communicate with spirit world Painting artifact sound dance

  7. Expression of Cultural Themes • Arts make cultural themes visible • Godzilla post WWII, awakened by atomic bomb attacks Tokyo

  8. Depiction of Social Structure • Power of the ruler depicted in visual arts, stories, performing arts, architecture

  9. Arts and Resistance • Expression of conflict • Resistance to social structure in stories about underdog who out smarts bigger, stronger opponent

  10. Recording Cultural History • Express cultural identity by depicting past • Tell stories of ancestors or clan Luba of Zaire Memory board North American Ledger drawings

  11. Personal Expression • Body art identifies social bonds and status tattoo henna piercing scarification

  12. Representing Others • Art of the dominant culture may depict and reinforce relationships to other cultures or subcultures • Insight into the ideas one group has about another

  13. Marketing Cultural Identity Through the Arts • Role of arts in globally connected economic and cultural system • Growth of tourism and art collecting Bali Gamelan Orchestra

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