Art 100 Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I. Itinerate PaintersOutline of Current Lecture I. Review of lecture 1-Mesoamerica and southwestern America-Toltecs-Aztecs-Spaniards II. Review of lecture 2-Impact of trade and picturing the new world-Wampum-Ursuline nuns and Huron Crafts-Jacques-DebryCurrent LectureReview on lecture 1Wood Cutt- paint making mediumPoly Chromed Banquete- Aztec culture, representative of Bas ReliefCoatlicue- specifically remember her story, that she was impregnated by putting down feathers in her bosom which was upsetting for her children because to them there was only supposed to be one set of divine children. Her children plan to kill her mainly her evil daughter once they do,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.her son then rises from her dead body fully grown and armed banishes all of his siblings except for the evil sister who he kills at the base of the alter. (She is then the goddess of the moon, her other children the stars)Pre conquest codices in comparison to post conquestPre. Conquest characteristics:-Flatter-Earth tone colors-Not depictions of everyday lifeTlaxcalan: fought the Spaniards but then later sided with them against the Aztecs because they knew they would lose the battle.Katcinas: Spirits, called by puffs of smoke Setteling of the pueblosThe Aztecs did not like this because they viewed a lot of what they did as sexually ambiguity. There was also a difference in that the woman built the homes, a good example shown is “San Estaban del Ray”.Penitente StyleCharacteristics: red represented blood, simplicity and humility in the eyes of god, columns were present.BoroqueExample: San Xavier de Baco, FaçadeCharacteristics: decorative (ornate), Cruciform (cross Shaped)Mission ArchitectureCharacteristics: Simplicity, elemental formExample: St Francis AssisiPortable Alters, Why were they important?They were important because if the church came under attack they could be saved.Lecture 2Wampum Belt -made from shells, white marine snails and quahog purple shells, -Instruments of memory-Gave you the ability to negotiate- affiliated with Iroquois and Algonquins-Linked to the false face societyImpact of the Ursuline Nuns-developed birch bark boxes-Alter cloth and immaculate conception, was specifically shown as important on the slides for this chapter, look at the cloth and analyze it!Imagining the New World Look at “Rene se laudonmiere and the Indian Chief”Pay attention to: the use of Govache: water color, all the pigments contain a bit of white (opec medium) that gives the painting a glowing effectTheodore Debry:Know that one of the engravings he published was translated into four languages which is important because it added a larger audience to his work.Also important: “Only those things can be sculpted of painted which the eyes are capable of seeing”, know this is a quote from the puritan
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