Non West Art LIST

ART From Outside
The European Tradition

(image #'s are (S)Stokstad 2nd edition revised because that is what I am teaching from! also (M)Michael Kampen O'Reilly's Art Beyond the West) * = themes! can use more ideas here...

Islam
1. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem (S8-2), * sacred space, religious practice, new expression,
2. Islamic design and calligraphy: Illuminated Koran frontispiece (S8-23), or tugras (S8-28) http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/08/eusb/ho_38.149.1.htm
*text in art, symbolic motifs, religion influences design

India
3. Great Stupa (Buddhist), Sanchi (including torana with Yakshi), *religious practice, symbolic architecture, entryways (torana)
4. Doorway of Vishnu Temple At Deogarth (S9-20) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deogarh,_Uttar_Pradesh
* entryways, narratives, divinity, figures as symbols
5. Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance), Hindu, *figure as symbol
6. Taj Mahal, Islamic architecture in Mughal India, *patronage, homage/memorial, sacred/spiritual space/place, integration w/site
7. Mughal Miniature painting,? many choices here

China
8. Terra cotta warriors, Qin dynasty,* royal power, funerary art, figure
9. Painted banner from tomb of Lady Dai, Han Dynasty (S10-7) afterlife (w/ actual portrayal of a ritual objects Bi, stone chimes),
* symbolic representation of cosmos, funerary art/afterlife,
10. Northern Song Painting (Neo Confucianism): Fan Kuan, Travelers among Mountains and Streams, *man and nature, nature as symbol, painterly style, concepts of nature, pictorial space
&/OR Southern Song Painting: Various examples possible, ex: MaYuan, On a Mountain Path in Spring, similar to N. Song
11. Forbidden City, http://www.learner.org/courses/globalart/theme/10/index.html Beijing *urban planning, imperial city (compare to Versailles, Trajan's forum, Teotihuacán, can't use Near East- too bad, etc)


Japan
12. Ise Jingu (Grand Shrine): Naiku (inner shrine), * sacred practice, architecture/art as ritual, architecture related to site/natural materials, living art
http://www.isejingu.or.jp/english/index.htm
13. Esoteric Buddha Mandalas, To-ji, Kyoto
14. Kosho joined wood figures, Kuya preaching, * techniques, figure symbol for religious practice, realism/conceptualism combined, figure as religious/divine expression, figure/sculpture relating to site
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/mandala1.shtml
15. Scene from Tale of Genji, Heian, 12th C., Tokugawa art Museum,
* narrative/art illustrating literature/tale, pictorial space, expression/mood of the era, figure grouping/relationships
http://www.tokugawa-art-museum.jp/english/index.html
16. Zen Garden, (ex S22-5), many choices here, spiritual practice, symbolism, nature, abstraction
17. Prints of the "Floating World", Ukiyo-e, ex; Hiroshige Wave, *man and nature, graphic arts, pictorial space,?
There are so many possibilities in Japanese art, which I just happen to relate to having visited Japan! nothing like travel to get "inside ' a culture.
18. An actual sculpture of a Buddha or Bodhisattva from any Asian culture, also so many choices, pick one! understand the symbols of Buddhism! please suggest...

Africa
19. Benin royal bronzes, *figures, royalty/power, everyday life, art removed from original sources, (various themes-depending on which bronze you pick)
http://www.londonfile.org/articles/british-museum-art-controversy.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2003/sep/11/2
Lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4MaBsqbLMw
20. Dance Staff Depicting Eshu, (S25-11), good material from AP Central on this piece!
21. Hunter figure, Nkisi Nkondi, Kongo (Rep of Congo/Zaire), http://www.artsconnected.org/artsnetmn/whatsart/kongo.html
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2957/Power_Figure_(Nkisi_Nkondi)
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/oracle/figures09.html
22. Masks/headdresses, many possibilities here, Ex 25-5
Tji Wara, Bamana Mali animal headdresses, *symbolic animals, ritual, religious practice, art removed from site/usage
http://www.ncartmuseum.org/artnc/object.php?themeid=1&objectid=2, (M2-25)
23. Door from Ikere Nigeria royal palace: Olowe of Ise (S25-14, M2-18), *architectural entryways, narrative, bas-relief sculpture, ?
24. Contemporary: Yinka Shonibare (M8-6) *figure, satire, (integrating western masterworks),?
http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/shonibare/index.html

Americas
25. Mayan codex style painting on cylindrical vessels: examples from Princeton U. Museum of Art (M7-18, S12-12), also ex @Library of Congress, Lacma, etc
Borgia codex: http://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/aaa/
* (depending on which you pick different themes abound!) narrative/historic record, portrayals of power, figure groupings/relationships, religious practice/ritual, pictorial space, anthropomorphic animals, violence
26. Teotihuacán city plan and Temple of the Feathered (or Plumed) Serpent, Quetzalcoatl, *urban planning, imperial city (compare to Versailles, Trajan's forum, Beijing Forbidden city, can't use Near East- too bad, etc)
Also many more choices for South America, please contribute suggestions!

27. Northwest coast, Tlingit: wood carving, or other painted or colored artifact (such as Chilkat Tlingit blanket (S23-15),* animal symbols, abstraction, ritual, etc
28. Contemporary Haida, Bill Reid, (S23-22) http://www.nativeonline.com/billried.html
More North American possibilities!

Pacific
29. New Zealand: Raharuhi Rukupo, Te-Hau-Ki-turanga, Maori meeting house (S24-14), *symbolic spiritual space and decoration, memorial (?)

let's try this again

i was actually going to sign up again and this popped up so ...i need this blog to use slide share! since my last one and only post, i have been teaching (giving it my best shot) art history. maybe i will get elucidation from comments as i come across many questions as to how to understand present concepts. there are many great art history blogs out there, maybe i can add something. i am not a great typist so for now i am going to dispense with caps, otherwise i will never do this, but i will try to spell correctly.

so my first question is : what exactly is "pictorial space", and "space" as an art element? to me it includes how the artist uses the total picture plane to place elements, not only creating illusionary depth. am i wrong? i used this term "pictorial space"on a test question. just making sure i didn't use it wrongly. is there "space" in an abstract Mondriaan?

why hestorical?

well my friend d. in art school gave me the name derived from my name hester combined with hysterical-when i get excited my voice changes register and gets louder and historical, i like history and old things...

who knows how long this will last. live journal did not. disappointed w/ facebook-only for friends. i am not going to use caps because it takes too long to shift-even though i hate the dots on the "i"s.

i might write about food, art, life observations, learning experiences...hm- see what i listed first. i am in a house on a small new england mountain and i woke up too early so i looked up a banana bread recipe, made it, adding my own changes of course and fell upon a lovely food blog: cave cibum, then discovered my school blog which i was supposed to have participated in, but never figured out how and gave up when nobody responded to my help requests. and then when i decided to follow cave cibum and signed in i found my school blog and even got to read about me. wow. i am ok on the computer for some stuff and not for others.

-now for a piece of freshly but slightly overbaked bananabread.