oceanic art

Examples of oceanic art in the following topics:

• Iconic Buddhist Sculpture and Painting

  • The Buddhist art of Mathura, in contrast, was based on native Indian traditions.
  • Buddhist art continued to develop in India through the 4th and 6th centuries CE.
  • Buddhism traveled to Southeast Asia through maritime trade routes in the Indian Ocean.
  • This largely influenced the direction Buddhist art would take in Southeast Asia.
  • Representation of the Buddha in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, 1st century CE.

• Pre-European Hawaiian Art

  • Hawaiian art can be divided into pre-European art, non-native art, and art produced by Hawaiians incorporating western ideas.
  • Hawaii represents the northernmost extension of the vast Polynesian triangle of the south and central Pacific Ocean.
  • The Hawaiian archipelago consists of 137 islands in the Pacific Ocean that are far from any other land.
  • The art created in these islands may be divided into art existing prior to Cook's arrival; art produced by recently arrived westerners; and art produced by Hawaiians incorporating western materials and ideas.
  • Art existing prior to the invasion of Europeans is very similar to the art of other Pacific Islanders.

• Hawaiian Art with Western Influences

  • The Hawaiian archipelago consists of 137 islands in the Pacific Ocean that are far from any other land.
  • The art created in these islands can be divided into traditional Hawaiian art; art produced by recently arrived westerners; and art produced by Hawaiians incorporating western materials and ideas.
  • In 1967, Hawaii became the first state in the nation to implement a "Percent for Art" law.
  • The Art in State Buildings Law established the Art in Public Places Program and designated one percent of the construction costs of new public schools and state buildings for the acquisition of works of art, either by commission or by purchase.
  • Public collections of Hawaiian art may be found at the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Bishop Museum (also in Honolulu), the Hawaii State Art Museum, and the Georg-August University of Göttingen in Germany.

• Non-Native Hawaiian Art

  • The Hawaiian archipelago consists of 137 islands in the Pacific Ocean that are far from any other land.
  • The art created in these islands can be divided into traditional Hawaiian art; art produced by recently arrived westerners; and art produced by Hawaiians incorporating western materials and ideas.
  • Printmaker and art educator Huc-Mazelet Luquiens called this period "a little Hawaiian renaissance".
  • A selection of Volcano School paintings is usually on display at the Honolulu Museum of Art.
  • Discuss how non-native produced Hawaiian art differs from indigenous Hawaiian art

• Pacific Arts Festival

  • The Pacific Arts Festival celebrates the arts of indigenous cultures in the Oceanic region.
  • The Festival of Pacific Arts, or Pacific Arts Festival, is a traveling festival hosted every four years by a different country in Oceania.
  • From May 22 to June 4, 2016, the 12th ever Festival of Pacific Arts was held in Hagåtña, Guam, with the theme of “What We Own, What We Have, What We Share, United Voices of the PACIFIC.”
  • By its vastness, the Pacific Ocean inhibits social and cultural interchange between the inhabitants of its island countries.
  • Taiwan was allowed to send a delegation of 80 performers and artists, most of whom were Taiwanese aborigines, to the Festival of Pacific Arts for the first time in 2008.

• Crafts in the Cook Islands

  • The Cook Islands are a parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand, composed of 15 small islands whose total land area is 92.7 square miles.
  • Woodcarving is a common art form in the Cook Islands.
  • Another popular art form in the Cook Islands is tivaevae—the art of handmade Island scenery patchwork quilts.
  • Many of these artists have studied at university art schools in New Zealand and continue to enjoy close links with the New Zealand art scene.
  • The Marquesas Islands are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean.

• Maori Art in New Zealand

  • Traditional New Zealand art consists of the art of the Māori people, who first settled the island between 1250-1300 CE.
  • New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
  • New Zealand art includes traditional Māori art, which was developed in New Zealand from Polynesian art forms, and more recent forms which take their inspiration from Māori, European, and other traditions.
  • Ta moko is the art of traditional Māori tattooing, done with a chisel.
  • In 'classical' Māori art, painting was not an important art form.

• Wood Carving in the Caroline Islands

  • The Caroline Islands boast a rich history of traditional art, including elaborate wood carvings, sculptures, textiles, and ornaments.
  • The Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea.
  • Technically belonging to the region of Micronesia, these islands have a rich history of Oceanic art.
  • Dilukai from the Caroline Islands, Belau (Palau), 19th-early 20th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Differentiate between the art traditionally produced by men and women in the Caroline Islands.

• Art History Methodology

• Paleolithic Art