Art and Context by Brenna Wang https://padlet.com/brennawyh/9xoz82mzm4n6qrnh en-us 2020-10-21 23:14:24 UTC 2026-01-30 09:50:14 UTC hello@padlet.com Art of the Prehistoric or Ancient Mediterranean: The Cave Paintings of the Cosquer Cave brennawyh https://padlet.com/brennawyh/9xoz82mzm4n6qrnh/wish/850657709 The Cosquer Cave is home to a unique cache of prehistoric art on the south coast of France. Occupied by Stone Age artists during the early period of Gravettian art, it can now only be entered through an underwater tunnel whose entrance is some 40 metres below sea level. It was discovered by the deep-sea diver Henri Cosquer in 1985. ]]> 2020-10-21 23:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/brennawyh/9xoz82mzm4n6qrnh/wish/850657709 Art of India, China and Japan: Ge Zhichuan Moving to the Mountains Hanging Scroll by Wang Meng brennawyh https://padlet.com/brennawyh/9xoz82mzm4n6qrnh/wish/850678974 Ge Zhichuan Moving to the Mountains is a Yuan Dynasty ink and paper drawing created by Wang Meng in 1370. It lives at the Palace Museum, Beijing in China. ]]> 2020-10-21 23:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/brennawyh/9xoz82mzm4n6qrnh/wish/850678974 Art of the Americas: Olmec Colossal Head, 1200-900 BCE, San Lorenzo, Mexico brennawyh https://padlet.com/brennawyh/9xoz82mzm4n6qrnh/wish/850695768
  • The Olmec culture constructed pyramids and ball courts
  • The Olmec culture carved basalt portraits of their rulers
  • Portraits are individualized
  • The foot 10 tall stone portraits are aligned with compass points
  • Meaning: they demonstrate a culture interest in commemoration of rulers
    • ]]>     2020-10-21 23:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/brennawyh/9xoz82mzm4n6qrnh/wish/850695768     Art of Africa and the Pacific Islands: Nok Art brennawyh https://padlet.com/brennawyh/9xoz82mzm4n6qrnh/wish/850721779
  • Found in north central Nigeria off the edge of the Jos plateau.
  • The oldest known example of terracotta sculpture in Africa, south of the Sahara.
  • Dates from 2500-800 B.P  (500 BC to 200 AD).
  • Wide diversity of subject matter depicted with considerable variation in style, treatment and scale.
  • Highly skilled in the creation of full-length human figures.
  • The head is almost life-size and was part of a full-length figure.  Elaborate hairstyle has buns with holes. 
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