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Masks African & Native American

Transcript of Masks African & Native American. African MasksNative American Masks.

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MasksAfrican & Native

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African Masks Native American Masks

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Africa

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Native America Settlements

Arctic (Inuit)

Northwest (Kwakiutl)

Plateau (Nez Perce)

Southwest (Hopi)

Plains (Pawnee)

Southeastern (Seminole)

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African masks used in celebration

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Masks from Ghana

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Native American Masks

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Function• Ceremonial Costume• Religious and social events• Represent ancestors• Used in dance

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Vocabulary

• Balance• Form • Texture• Pattern

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• Asymmetrical Balance: informal balance, balance using unlike objects that have equal visual weight.

• Symmetrical Balance: formal balance, perfect equality, visual balance on both sides.

• Form: the structure of an object.• Texture: the feel of a surface• Pattern: the way a design repeats itself,

duplication.

Vocabulary

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Ngady amwaashDemocratic Republic of the Congo

•Patterns of white and black triangles represent domesticity•Lines represent tears

Powerful as an Elephant, with Leopard Spots

Cameroon, Africa•Elephant Masks symbolizes royalty

•Beaded cloth represents the elephants trunk•Colors and patterns express political functions

•Black represents death•White represents ancestors

•Red represents life

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Kple kpleCote d’Ivoire

•Used in spirit and dance•Symbolizes youth

Buffalo Threatens and ProtectsBuffalo Mask

•Decorative geometric pattern•Worn at funerals, and market days

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Pablo PicassoInfluences from African tribal art can be

seen in earth tones, geometric shapes, and subjects of bulls and horned creatures, similar to those found in the African range.

Later, this style was named CUBISM, after the way it is broken into cube like forms.

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Woman with guitarGeorges Braque, 1913

Violon, verre, pipe et encrierPablo Picasso, 1912

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