There’s also a break from gender roles in carving and sculpting, as it’s traditional for men to do these activities. However, that does not stop her due to her background of experiencing deculturization in the residential schools. As Point states, “Medium or means has never been an issue for me, nor do I see woodcarving as a male versus female accomplishment. I love to try new mediums, so I just do what I feel like doing, and wood is a medium I love to work with.” This is what makes Susan Point’s work rather unique because she likes to work and collage with new materials. She enjoys learning from these techniques and like many artists, wants to go through processing and learning each stage of medium. The art path for her was rather challenging …show more content…
One of the popular assumptions is that Coast Salish art was part of Northwest Coast development; therefore, it was often considered undeveloped and often forgotten in the art world. Coast Salish art was often compared to Northwest Coast art possibly due to Western perspectives of art. Consider how art is often critiqued. Western art often considers the style, the color, and the composition; basically what’s aesthetically pleasing about it. Coast Salish art is often seen as simple compared to Northwest Coast where Northwest Coast style focuses on the likeness of their clan to identify themselves “but also disclose a more specific, subjective and momentary content.” While Coast Salish is seen as part of the development of Northwest Coast, Paul S. Wingert sees that these two art forms are clearly differentiated through their differences of their nature in their …show more content…
Functional pieces have little or even no decoration and show vague imagery compared to Northwest Coast. Most of their forms of art come from their ritual arts, which come from their music, dance, and storytelling. These arts are rarely recorded or sold, as there is an aspect in Coast Salish culture that there are certain visions and dreams that remain with the individual. These visions make up the individual that give “the means of personal fulfillment, focusing and giving strength to individual lives.” Visual imagery can also be dangerous as realism can show the connection to their visions and powers. Musqueam use their dreams or visions as their way of power “that are fundamental to a full life and capable of imparting extraordinary benefits, yet always dangerous.” This could be the reason why imagery could be more abstract to Northwest Coast as formline shows their crest imagery. As said previously, Salish people are often conservative and self-contained so this is why visual images are more abstract because “To discuss images openly, to treat them casually, to reveal too freely what is known of their origin, is to court danger.” When trying to convey some of their ancestral heritage and individual visions while also not revealing any secrecy of the individual,
This essay will also compare the work of Thomas Moran, another Hudson River School artist working with the same subject matter, and will attempt to clarify the artist’s similarities and differences in regard to both technique and contributions. The work of Winslow Homer, a contemporary of Church, will be briefly discussed in relation to the impact the Civil War had on subject matter in relationship to nati...
Raibmon’s book focuses on stories of the people of the Northwest Coast in late nineteenth century United States and Canada. She has two main reasons for doing so. The first is because the area was the focus of much of the work being done by early American anthropology. Early Anthropology was focused on preserving as much as possible of the “vanishing Indian.” By doing so they provided copious examples of what “authentic” Indians should look like with photographs as well as artifacts of “traditional” Indian culture. Raibmon’s second reason for placing the focus of her book here because there were big political changes in the area at that same time. ...
Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. Print.
This paper describes the Sea Bear Transformation Mask, created by Don Svanvik in 2000, and how it reflects Northwest Coast Indian art and culture, specific to the Kwakiutl tribe. A transformation mask is a large mask with hinged shutters that, when open, reveal another mask. Audrey and Alan Bleviss gave this mask to the Montclair Art Museum in 2005. The medium consists of red cedar, cedar bark, copper, pigment, and string. In the Montclair Art Museum, the mask is displayed in its open form.
Stokstad, M., & Cothren, M. W. (2008). Art history: Volume 1 (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J: Pearson Prentice Hall. Print.
Landscape painting was extremely important during the middle of the nineteenth century. One of the leading practitioners of landscape painters in America was Thomas Cole. He visited many places seeking the “natural” world to which he might utilize his direct observations to convey the untainted nature by man to his audience. His works resolved to find goodness in American land and to help Americans take pride in their unique geological features created by God. Thomas Cole inspired many with his brilliant works by offering satisfaction to those seeking the “truth” (realism) through the works of others.
The first work of art that I will be examining is Thomas Cole’s View of Mount Holyoke, which is more commonly referred to as The Oxbow. The shortened title is a reference to the shape of the river, which is the central focus of this work. This work is a depiction of the view of Mount Holyoke, which was a tourist attraction, as a thunderstorm retreats into the distance. Cole makes a calculated decision to eliminate a hotel that was located just to the right or the viewer’s perspective and replace it with lush greenery and trees. Cole also makes the decision to physically divide the painting with a diagonal line across the middle, with developed America being represented on one side and undeveloped American being represented on the other. The
My friends, after traveling through the Asian continent and Japan, I continued on to the Americas. The art in the Americas has three regions, North America, Central America, and South America. Each region has a very distinct aspect to their forms of art. All cultures have some kind of art. Being curious about art, I have collected samples from five different areas. The following works of art are very different from European art, but there are still some similarities. The similarities of the human spirit are evident in the following images.
Though most works of art have some underlying, deeper meaning attached to them, our first impression of their significance comes through our initial visual interpretation. When we first view a painting or a statue or other piece of art, we notice first the visual details – its size, its medium, its color, and its condition, for example – before we begin to ponder its greater significance. Indeed, these visual clues are just as important as any other interpretation or meaning of a work, for they allow us to understand just what that deeper meaning is. The expression on a statue’s face tells us the emotion and message that the artist is trying to convey. Its color, too, can provide clues: darker or lighter colors can play a role in how we judge a piece of art. The type of lines used in a piece can send different messages. A sculpture, for example, may have been carved with hard, rough lines or it may have been carved with smoother, more flowing lines that portray a kind of gentleness.
The first painting analyzed was North Country Idyll by Arthur Bowen Davis. The focal point was the white naked woman. The white was used to bring her out and focus on the four actual colored males surrounding her. The woman appears to be blowing a kiss. There is use of stumato along with atmospheric perspective. There is excellent use of color for the setting. It is almost a life like painting. This painting has smooth brush strokes. The sailing ship is the focal point because of the bright blue with extravagant large sails. The painting is a dry textured flat paint. The painting is evenly balanced. When I look at this painting, it reminds me of settlers coming to a new world that is be founded by its beauty. It seems as if they swam from the ship.
The art of the Americas was changed dramatically with the arrival of the Spanish and many aspects of European art and influence can be seen in the art of colonial America. However, there are still many significant examples of indigenous influence in colonial art. Whether one looks at the early works that were seen when the Spanish first arrived or the work that came in the late 1700s, the influence of the indigenous natives had a long ranging influence on various aspects of the art including materials, subjects, and details within the paintings, sculptures and architecture.
The introduction of of European materials, tools, and techniques transformed Native American art aesthetically as well as it’s role within Native culture. European technology produced goods that made Native American art easier to create and allowed Native American art to become more elaborate and detailed. However, the distinctive styles of each unique tribes’ art was diluted as the tribes obtained the same European materials rather than what was native to the land they lived on. in many cases European encounter caused Native American artwork to become less culturally significant; For instance, many crafts that held religious ceremonial roles, or served spiritual symbolism, became available to anyone, as a greater emphasis on its economic
Gardner, Helen, and Fred S. Kleiner. Gardner's Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective. N.p., 2014. Print.
“Dance is movement aware of itself. Dance is purposeful movement that employs artful communication to express ideas and feelings, meaning that aesthetic intention is present” (Cornett, 2014, p 394). Art could be anywhere and anything it just needs to have creativity in order to make it unique and beautiful. One simple art form, could speak for a thousand words and convey many significant messages such as the art form of dance. Baile Folklorico is a great example of communicating in a unique and a stunning art form. Baile Folklorico is a folk dance that elaborates different dances, music and costumes to represent a Latin or Mexican culture.
The Harlem Renaissance is the birth of rich African American culture through art, music, and literature. It began in the early 1910’s into the mid 1930’s. Harlem is a neighborhood in New York which during that era turned into a predominately African American area. This started during World War I, and workers were recruited to the Northern states because manual labor workers were needed. Many brilliant African Americans of their time arose from the Harlem area such as Langston Hughes, Jacob Lawrence, and Palmer Hayden just to name a few. The spirit of the Harlem Renaissance is powerful and lively. African Americans had gone through extreme circumstances physically and emotionally to be able to get to places such as Harlem. One