Bethel University Non-Western Art History: Chapter 1

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Friday, October 16, 2015

Slide Images for October 16

Cakewalk on the Pier

Atlantic City

1902

Cakewalk

The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

1903

Wade in the Water (performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama)
Traditional
First published in 1901

Negroe Dance Hall

Stuart Davis

1913

Tapdancing Negro

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

1914

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

1903

Negro Woman (from “Types of Negroes”

compiled by W.E.B. Du Bois)

Thomas E. Askew

c.1899-1900

Advertisement for “The Birth of a Nation

Directed by D.W. Griffith

1915

Clip from “Birth of a Nation"

D.W. Griffith

1915

NAACP Protestors Outside a Theater

Showing “Birth of a Nation”

New York

1915

The Awakening of Ethiopia

Meta Warrick Fuller

c. 1914

Fredrick Douglass

Isaac Scott Hathaway

1919

Advertisement for Banania

France

1917

The Soldier

(Used as a book cover illustration)

Edwin A. Harleston

1919

Terms of the Day for October 16

Double-consciousness – a term coined by W. E. B. Du Bois used to describe an individual whose identity is divided into several facets. Du Bois saw double consciousness as a useful theoretical model for understanding the psycho-social divisions existing within African American society.
Negro Spirituals – religious (generally Christian) songs that were created by enslaved African people in the United States. Originally an oral tradition that imparted Christian values while also describing the hardships of slavery, this historic group of uniquely American songs is now recognized as a distinct genre of music.
The Birth of a Nation – a 1915 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and based on the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon, Jr. The film follows the lives of two families through the Civil War, the Reconstruction period, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.
“Love and Theft” – a term which refers to the tendency of certain cultures to be genuinely fascinated with aspects of another culture to the point of adopting some of that culture’s characteristics, albeit with a misinterpreted understanding of that culture.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Slide Images for October 14

Illustration from Crania Americana

Samuel George Morton

1839

The White Man’s Burden

Rudyard Kipling

1899

Invitation to the Pan-African Conference

London

1900

American Negro Exhibit

Paris, France

1900

Cover of “Little Black Sambo”

Helen Bannerman

1899

Illustration from “Little Black Sambo”

Helen Bannerman

1899

Minstrel Show

Advertisement Poster

c1900

Cover of sheet music for “All Coons Look Alike to Me”

Written by Ernest Hogan

1896

Click HERE to listen to the audio.

The Banjo Lesson

Henry Ossawa Tanner

1893

The Thankful Poor

Henry Ossawa Tanner

1894

Bible Quilt

Harriet Powers

c. 1895-98

Terms of the Day for October 14

Ethnology – the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity. During Victorian imperialism, this science was used to classify certain ethnicities as “primitive” and “inferior” to whites and in need of white social control.
Darky Iconography – a term which refers to overly cartoonish and highly stereotypical depictions of African Americans in the late 19th and into the 20th centuries often used for mass-market items and in literature.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Slide Images for August 28

Bronze Bell

Maylaysia

300-200 BC

Funerary Pots

Ban Chiang, Thailand

c. 300 BC-200 BC

Ochre Paintings on a Rack Face

Pha Thaem, Thailand

Bronze or Iron Age

Ochre Paintings on a Rack Face

Khao Plara, Thailand

Bronze or Iron Age

Ochre Paintings on a Rack Face

Tham Pha Daeng, Thailand

Bronze or Iron Age

Ochre Cave Paintings Depicting Humans in Boats

Niah caves, Sarawak, Maylasia

Bronze or Iron Age

Painted Piece of Stone from the Wall of a Grave

Pasemah, South Sumatra

c. 100 BC-100 AD

Stone Sculptures

Pasemah plateau, South Sumatra

Bronze or Iron Age

Stone Sculptures

Lake Toba, South Sumatra

Bronze or Iron Age

Stone Megalith

Bada valley, Sulawesi

Bronze or Iron Age

Terms of the Day for August 26

Bronze Age – a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age.
Iron Age – is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. Other changes in society also occurred, including differing agricultural practices, religious beliefs, and artistic styles.