Class #7: The System (Art History Lesson) Class Followup

Class #7: The System (Art History Lesson) Class Followup

Five Appliqués in the Shape of a Cross, ca. 600
Langobardic; From Castel Trosino, central Italy

Stylized Figure Pendant, 5th–7th century
Panama; International Style

1. Describe each work in brief.

 The piece from Italy are gold crosses and the piece from panama is a representation of the group that created it

2. Give your best guess as to the audience of each work. 

The gold crosses I feel were made to give a farewell to the deceased with worth and the gold pendant of the man was to show how strong the men in the tribes were to any outsider

3. Describe what ideas each work it attempting to bear witness to.

I see the gold crosses have always been worth money and status and how many you were given said you were more important than other and the gold pendant shows a face of seriousness  not to enter if you see this in front of the village

4. Describe the differences between the respective works' representations of beauty.

They're both very beautiful one is a gold cross made very well from top to bottom you can tell it was shaved down to be perfect and the pendant of the man is very well made swell with the details of the face and the feet and hands very well put together

5. Do you think either of the artists knew about the others' art-making tradition? Why? 

No i do not think that either artists knew about the other's art making tradition because Italy was on the other side of the world and panama was on the other side swell and these both pieces have very different stories to tell as what is important to the people of these countries 

6. Do you think the mainstream (European) work deserves its place in the mainstream story of art? Why?

Yes and no I'd say yes because they're pieces are beautiful but just like central america has beautiful pieces every part of the world deserves to be accredited to how we mold gold today into works of art

7. Do you think the non-mainstream (non-European) work deserves a place in the mainstream story? Why?

Central america has beautiful pieces every part of the world deserves to be accredited to how we mold gold today into works of art