1. Ancient Times to the Present Art History AP|Studio 213 Schorsch
Oceanic Art
Ancient Times to the Present
Art History AP|Studio 213 Schorsch
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Title: Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Worlds
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2. Islands of the Pacific

3. Enduring Understanding: Since the region is so big, the arts of the Pacific are hard to classify.
Art is created using available materials such as bone, shell, wood, coral, fiber, and stone.
Australia was populated about 30,000 years ago. The islands were populated about 4,000 years ago. Europeans began arriving in the 16th century.
Some objects symbolize family or clan history; others celebrate history and were meant to be destroyed afterwards.
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Title: The Seventeenth Century in Europe and North America
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4. Enduring Understanding: Pacific art, across all spectrums, is influence by the sea, which separates and connects each island.
The Lapita culture began the Pacific pattern of migration, bringing their plants, animals, customs, and culture with them.
Ship building and navigation became essential communication lines in the vast distances involved.
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Title: The Seventeenth Century in Europe and North America
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5. Enduring Understanding: Pacific art deals with complex belief systems controlled by powerful members of society.
Sculptures representing forces in the supernatural world were often wrapped to be protected. One’s mana or vital force needs to be defended and protected. Sometime mana could represent a whole community. The act of protecting the mana through rituals or wrapping is called tapu.
Each community in the Pacific had a different way of conducting spiritual exercises and commanding a social structure.
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Title: The Seventeenth Century in Europe and North America
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6. Enduring Understanding: Pacific arts are performed using costumes, dance, song, and cosmetics.
Ritual performances each have a different purposed: e.g., celebration, war.
The act of performance contains the work’s meaning. The objects in that performance contain no meaning unless brougt to life by the rituals.
Rituals and performances often involve exchanging pre-arranged items that have symbolic value.
A symmetry of relationships is often sought. Opposing forces, such as gender, are placed within a balancing situation in many rituals.
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Title: The Seventeenth Century in Europe and North America
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7. MICRONESIA Nan Madol c. 700-1600 Basalt boulders and prismatic columns
Pohnpei, Micornesia

8. MICRONESIA Nan Madol c. 700-1600 Basalt boulders and prismatic columns
Pohnpei, Micornesia
Nan Madol: Island Tour

9. Female Diety
c. 18th-19th century
Nukuoro, Micronesia

10. Navigation Chart
Wood and Fiber
19th- Early 20th Century
Marshall Islands
Stick Charts and Water Wave Navigation

11. HAWAII Ahu Ula (Feather Cape) Feathers and Fibers Late 18th Century
Tales from Te Papa

12. COOK ISLANDS Staff God, Rarotonga Wood, Tapa, Fiber, and Feathers
Late 18th- Early 19th Century
Cook Islands

13. POLYNESIA Hiapo (tapa) Tapa (Bark Cloth), Freehand Painting
Niue
Tapa Cloth Making

14. NEW ZEALAND
Gottfried Lindauer, Tamati Waka Nene
1890
Oil on Canvas

15. PAPUA NEW GUINEA Malagan Mask c. 20th Century
Wood, Pigment, Fiber, and Shell

16. PAPUA NEW GUINEA Buk Mask Mid to Late 19th Century
Turtle Shell, Wood, Fiber, Feathers, and Shell
Torres Strait

17. FIJI
Processional welcoming Queen Elizabeth II to Tonga with Ngatu launima (tapa cloth).
Tonga, central Polynesia C.E.
Multimedia performance (costume; cosmetics, including scent; chant; movement; and pandanus fiber/hibiscus fiber mats), photographic documentation.
Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa Cloths to Queen Elizabeth
Tribute to Queen Salote

18. EASTER ISLAND (RAPA NUI)
Moai on Platform (Ahu) c
Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base
The Mystery of Easter Island

19. EASTER ISLAND (RAPA NUI)
Moai on Platform (Ahu) c
Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base
The Mystery of Easter Island