Art 100 Lecture 1The Christianization of the Pueblos I. If you have the Framing America A social History of American Art by Frances K. Pohl 3rd Edition this lecture is centered around Pgs. 19 – 40. Outline of Current Lecture II. ToltecsIII. SpaniardsIV. Quakers V. Pueblo Culture Current LectureWhat Types of arts and crafts were produced by the following cultures?- Toltecs (Teotinuacan) and Aztecs (Tenochtitian)-Codices are folding paintings usually made of bark paper or deerskin covered with a thin coat of calcium carbonate, such as Codex BorgiaWhat are Codices used for?The recorded genealogies, tribute systems, prophecies, divinations, calendars, religious rites, lists of merchandise, and conquests. Who made the Codices?Painters known as Tiacuilos a Nahuatl term that meant both painter and scribe.The Codices after conquest were annotated in Spanish in order to aid the European artistic conventions, such as three-dimensional rendering.-Borgia Codex, 1300-1400, 29-Florentine Codex, 1578-1579- Coatlicue, 1487-1520, Basalt, 8’6”, What was the legend of Coatlicue; the birth of Huiziliopochli and the death of Colyolxauqui Looking at the text Framing America by Frances Pohl, “According to legend, Coatlicue kept a temple shrine on a hill near Tula called Coatepec, or “hill of snakes”. After tucking a ball of down feathers in her bosom, she became pregnant with Huitzilopochtli. Repelled by her condition, her children, especially her daughter Coyolxaukqui, plotted her death. When Coatlicues enemies attacked her and sliced her head off, Huitzilopochtlirose from her severed trunk fully grown and armed. He banished the attackers and These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.mutilated his evil sister, severing her extremities,, so that she collapsed at the base of the shrine.” (22)Spaniards (Catholics)- Mission Architecture (Pay special attention to those listed)San Jose de la laguna, Nave (penitente style, sanctuary)Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion, Sanctuary-retabloSan Zavier de Bac, Facade (Baroque style)- What is the difference between Baroque architecture, and the architecture of the “mendicant” orders?Baroque complex architecture plan shapes, drama and contrast, curvacouseness, bright colors, vividly painted ceilingsMendicant reflected poverty- Religious painting and sculptureThe Quakers (What did they think about art?)The Quakers did not value art they found it unnecessary. Pueblo Culture (Southwestern United States)- Anazasi (Mesa Verde) Settlement- Male Katcina, 13th century and Zuni Katcina (war god)Represented forces of nature, Invoked with dances and offering and called with puffs of
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