Preview

Art Identification - African - World HUmanites

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
996 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Art Identification - African - World HUmanites
ART IDENTIFICATION
AFRICA

1. Compare and contrast two sculptures from the African chapters in your textbook. Be sure to include an iconographic and iconological analysis in your response. Do not forget to write in your own words. (5 points) The first sculpture or carved figure I am explaining, comparing, and contrasting is the Spirit Spouse. The Spirit Spouse is used to decorate with jewelry, take care with oil, and pray to. This particular African culture believes that you were in past life before the one we are currently living in. This culture believed that everyone had a spirt spouse. This replica is supposed to represent the spirt spouse in our previous lives. The better the figure looks is a indication that the owner takes care of the figure and praises it as well. For my iconographic response the figure shows different “beauty” marks that are intended to attract a spirit. Also the fine detail in the way to figure is carved, (as if it is standing, sitting, or holding their stomach) this shows also a great amount of significance when looked at in an iconographic perception. The glass beads and patterns that are added to the figure show the cultures history along with the different carved details that show the different art, symbols, and patterns in the African culture. For my iconological response I interpreted from reading the section over the Spirt Spouse that this figure is a strong part of this culture. They believe that their spouse that they were once can be praised through this figure. Also this figure along with the spiritual side the material that is put on the figure represents the culture and they beliefs as well. The beads were probably made from the tribe, along with the plant fibers and the gold hollow beads. The second sculpture I viewed was the Olowe of Ise Palace Door. This door is a great sight to see boosting a great amount of detail. With the left side showing different faces along with different expressions is the first
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Comparing Kokopelli And Anasazi
    • 2363 Words
    • 10 Pages

    Comparing Kokopelli And Anasazi

    The picture in the question is an example of a petroglyph. Petroglyph is a form of rock art that is made by carving into the stone, whereas a pictograph is painted onto the stone. Kokopelli is depicted in the petroglyph above. He is a fertility figure in the Anasazi tribe. He is a symbol of the agriculture god of Southwest culture. Anasazi means “ancient stranger” or “ancient enemy” in Navajo language, that is commonly applied to the early pueblo dwellers who once lived in the Colorado Plateau or Four Corners Area. He traveled to different villages, and brought about changes in the season, bringing about rain and a bountiful harvest for the people. Kokopelli’s flute is used to announce his arrival and the seeds in his bag that he carries are meant to be planted to grow crops to sustain the tribes. He calls the goats to gather and to make baby goats by playing his flute. Therefore, he is seen as the symbol of fertility for all life such as, crops and hopes. Legends suggest that Kokopelli was an ancient toltec trader who traveled routes between Mexico, the west coast, and the southwest.…

    • 2363 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Queen Mother Pendant Mask Iyoa Analysis
    • 1396 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Queen Mother Pendant Mask Iyoa Analysis

    The object chosen to analyze from the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba. It was created in the 16th century in Nigeria at the Court of Benin and is classified as a bone/ivory-sculpture.The culture involved is the Edo peoples. The medium used is ivory, iron, copper with dimensions H. 9 3/8 x W. 5 x D. 3 1/4 in. (23.8 x 12.7 x 8.3 cm). The accession Number is 1978.412.323. In simplistic terms the piece chosen is an ivory pendant depicting the image of the Queen Mother also known as an Iyoba.…

    • 1396 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Viking Vase Analysis
    • 862 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Viking Vase Analysis

    Engraved, chased, and etched, the interlacing Celtic-like scrolls and knots wrap delicately and symmetrically around the vessel. Serpentine handles flank the widest and uppermost portion of the vase while twin stylized bird head figures frame the rim. In the center of the vase sits a stylized Viking-like mask or helmet. Symmetrically placed gemstones adorn the vase from the rim to the foot, while contrasting matte lavender, light green, and golden yellow enamels sit just behind the gleaming silver scroll patterns and echo the colors of the gemstones.…

    • 862 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Power Figure Nkisi N Kokindi Analysis
    • 1194 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Power Figure Nkisi N Kokindi Analysis

    The figure is not perfect symmetry. The forehead is typically high and rounded, although it has a hat on the top of his forehead, and the cheeks are concave. The hat he is wearing makes he looks like warriors. And the hat has a pointed bottom on the top and has parallel straight lines in different directions which clearly show that is a hat, not his hair. He has decorated eyebrow and opened, awake, half circle shape eyes. The eyes are painted in white color which makes it more scared. Usually, in African art, white color is considered as spirit. This might be a figure related to the spiritual world. There is a light reddish brown color stripes cross line from his eyebrow to his ears on both sides of his face His ears are raised up and placed higher than his eyebrow which is different from normal human beings. Our ears are supposed to be lower than our eyebrow. Also, there is a little hole, which looks like an earring hole, in both of his ears. His ears are comparably small. The mouth is opened and in a weird shape and all his teeth is shown off. Some of his teeth are black because it used for a long period. He has long, straight jawbone. Additionally, there are several nails or small metal stick rods pinned along with the line of his jawbone which looks like his…

    • 1194 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Humanities Chapters 31, 32, 33
    • 1387 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Humanities Chapters 31, 32, 33

    6. Reliquaries, masks, and freestanding sculptures were among the power objects used to channel the spirits of ancestors, celebrate rites of passage, and ensure the well-being of the community. Beadwork using seed beads and wood carving with hammered brass were unique features.…

    • 1387 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Art Of Benin City
    • 1714 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Art Of Benin City

    There is a feeling that proper sense of African history awaits a new generation which is to say, shifting away from primitivism. Stereotypical accounts of savagery are less likely to be foremost in minds of institutions and it is hoped that vivid sense of the true culture behind the making the artwork prevails. How the society lived is now sourced from research to Benin itself as in the Horniman museum in London. Its research gives oral and visual evidence a role in reflecting the plaques from Benin and properly interpreting them. In 1897 Steve and Dalton had very little true insight into what they were looking at. Statements like ‘A God, or king considered a God’ (Read and Dalton 1897 in Brown, 2008) is juxtaposed with more detailed descriptions of soldiers interacting with the Oba in the descriptive description on Plaques in the Horniman museum. How the society lived is now sourced from research to Benin itself and it uses oral and visual evidence to its role in reflecting the plaques and properly interpreting them. Reinterpretation of the art was possible due to accurate research which Steve and Dalton believed impossible due to their affinity with the accepted norms of conventional thought. Present day exhibitions now run the risk of over aestheticizing the Benin sculptures. Many feel it is a risk worth taking, if by aestheticizing it you can win the…

    • 1714 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Essay On The Pantheon
    • 1233 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Essay On The Pantheon

    The pediment, which is now blank, used to be decorated with a relief sculpture made out of bronze. There are also drill holes in the pediment, which suggest that a crest or symbol of some sort was attached on to it.…

    • 1233 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Female Figure Analysis
    • 1506 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Female Figure Analysis

    The people inhabiting Mesopotamian adhered to a polytheist religion. Due to this fact it is speculated that the purpose of this piece was to representation of Innana/ Ishta. This relief is thought to have been a shrine image meant for worship of the goddess Innana/Ishtar. She was a Mesopotamian goddess of love, fertility, and war. The piece depicts the goddess as a human-like creature with large round breasts, round hips, bird claws for feet, and wings. Her rounded female figure and pronounced breast is what led people to believe is a depiction of the Mesopotamian fertility goddess…

    • 1506 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Enduring Myths: African Art Is Not Bound By Place
    • 2964 Words
    • 12 Pages

    Enduring Myths: African Art Is Not Bound By Place

    In Suzanne Preston Blier’s article Enduring Myths of African Art, she articulates seven of the most common myths believed around the world surrounding African art. Of those seven myths, one that stands most true is the myth that African art is bound by place; the idea that African art in particular travels nowhere and its ideas are constrained to just the cultures they are sculpted in. Blier states, “The African art of myth is also frequently presented, incorrectly again, as an art rigidly bound by place.”1 She continues to express how most of the African art objects and styles studied are judiciously ascribed to particular regions and cultures as if they have no ability to circulate…

    • 2964 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Compare and Contrast Two Ancient Sculptures
    • 474 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Compare and Contrast Two Ancient Sculptures

    The "Head of a Pharaoh" shows details of the crown and face suggesting that this figure was an Egyptian pharaoh which represents a king or ruler within their society. The sculpture is broken at the neck which may suggest that the head was originally belonged to a full, probably standing, statue. They placed these types of statues in tombs to serve as eternal images of the deceased. The Egyptians considered the Pharaoh as their Gods. This sculpture shows a realistic portrayal of that persons face. By doing this the sculptor immortalized the soul thereby, keeping the person alive. This image would symbolize the eternal life and divinity of its subject, the pharaoh. The second "Female Figurine" image focuses on a well formed hip area probably representing fertility and procreation. This may also symbolize the growth of crops and livestock and a basic welfare among them. It seems to me that they struggled for survival and she may represent the center of the cycle of life.…

    • 474 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Art Museum Visit
    • 823 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Art Museum Visit

    1. A piece that uses actual light as a medium. (hint: there’s a really cool one under the street connecting the two buildings.)…

    • 823 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    African Helmet Masks
    • 693 Words
    • 3 Pages

    African Helmet Masks

    Masks are one of the most spiritually important art forms developed in Africa. Among the masks many uses were; communicating with spirits and ancestors, serving as teaching aids in gender specific initiation ceremonies, tools for maintaining order, enhancements for reenacted stories and myths, symbols of rank and power, and a record for past leaders. I will be focussing on masks from the first three categories. The masks, which are all Helmet style masks from West and Central Africa, illustrate how artists from different tribes approached symbolism and visual storytelling. They also show what was considered ideally beautiful for each clan.…

    • 693 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Palmyra Funerary Structure
    • 124 Words
    • 1 Page

    Palmyra Funerary Structure

    This structure appealed to me personally because my family built a mausoleum for my deceased relatives. This picture showed that the people in Palmyra valued their family's traditions. They put importance to their relative's personality by engraving a structure that would make others remember the deceased. The city of Palmyra was probably a wealthy city. The necklaces and earrings worn by the children and the intricate design on the couch showed how they appreciated jewelries and took their appearance…

    • 124 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Chinese Standing Figure
    • 457 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Chinese Standing Figure

    The Standing Figure was excavated from Sanxingdui, China in 1986. Art historians believe that this statue was made for decoration and to show off wealth, as it was buried along with other valuables such as elephant tusks and objects in gold, bronze, jade, and clay. It is of unknown identity, and it is very different in subject and style from the Shang statues. In contrast, the Snake Goddess was found at the Palace of Knossos. Some scholars believe that they represent mortal attendants, but others think it is a fertility idol, or a fertility goddess to the Minoans, due to the exposed breasts. It differs from the Standing Figure because the Standing Figure was more than likely made for decoration or to show off wealth, while the Snake Goddess was probably made for a religious way, such as an idol to a goddess or a votive statue.…

    • 457 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    African Art Vs Western Art Copy Cop
    • 347 Words
    • 2 Pages

    African Art Vs Western Art Copy Cop

    When the colonialists first became aware of African man-made objects, scholarship has not been sure on how best to categories it. Over the years, these problems have been debated in the field. Because there are so many distinctions between African art and its Western counterpart, and because contemporary African fine art exists in the same mindset as Western art, the field is very complex.…

    • 347 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More

Related Topics