ANTH 45831 - Native North American Art

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

Native North American art existed for thousands of years and continues to be created today. Its original context was often sacred (both public and private) and/or political or decorative. Contact with Western Europeans and their art traditions along with the art traditions of Africans, Asians and South Americans beginning about A.D. 1600 and thereafter modified form, technique, and context of Native North American art. However, traditional form, techniques, and context continued through the centuries since 1600. The perception of this art also changed. Most frequently, until into the 20th century, the art of Native North Americans was viewed as craft by non-native North Americans and Europeans, but during the 20th century that view was modified. Native American artists also began to view their own art differently. This change occurred among artists working in traditional mediums as well as those producing art using non-traditional mediums. The collections of Native North American art curated at the Snite Museum exemplify the changing content, techniques, and contexts of this art. This course will allow students to work with our collections under direct supervision. The use of our collections will permit students to observe some of the changes in art which have occurred in the last hundred and fifty years. The students' final projects will include a visual presentation of a particular change in material, context, or technique which they have determined through research and direct examination of selected pieces from our collections. For this reason the course will be limited to 15 students and will be sometimes held in the Snite Museum, during hours when the museum is not usually open to the public. The culminating activity will be to create a small exhibit that will be displayed at the Snite opening sometime at the end of the semester.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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