Transcript Aboriginal Art

Aboriginal
Art
Who are they?
• first or earliest known, indigenous
• Indigenous Australians the first known
human inhabitants of the Australian
continent and its nearby islands.
Aboriginal Music
THE
DIDGERIDOO
• A traditional wind
instrument
• Can be played by men
• Used to be played for
spiritual purposed
• Now can be played for
entertainment
The Dreamtime
“Dreamings” are the
aboriginal folk tales
and myths that teach
why things happen
the way they do.
Symbols used
What animals can you see?
Aboriginal art really involves story
telling, myths, rituals, sorcery, and
magic, where the artist describes their
Dreaming, the stories of creation, their
beliefs, and their spirituality.
The strong relationship between the
ancestral beings of the 'time before
time', the Dreamtime, with the landscape
and every living creature they created
forms the basis for this art.
There are a wide variety of styles of Aboriginal art. Three common
types are:
1. The cross-hatch or X-ray art from the Arnhem Land region of the
Northern Territory, in which the skeletons and viscera of the
animals and humans portrayed are drawn inside the outline.
2. The Bradshaw, an ancient rock art which appears on caves in
the Kimberley region of Western Australia. They are named
after Joseph Bradshaw, who discovered them in 1891.
Traditional aboriginal art is composed of organic colours and
materials
3. Dot-painting where intricate patterns, totems and/or stories are
created using dots; and stencil art, particular using the motif of a
handprint. More simple designs of straight lines, circles and
spirals, with the hello of Australian Aborigines. These are
thought to be the origins of "modern" Aboriginal Art.
The traditional aboriginal dot paintings usually represent a story,
generally regarding hunting or food gathering, and usually have
traditional aboriginal symbols imbedded throughout the painting.
These symbols, when explained, give a whole new meaning to the
painting.
As the Australian Aboriginals never had a written language, these
traditional dot paintings are in reality, the aboriginals way of writing
a short story, which has not changed for over 50,000 years.
Let’s see more of the dot painting!
More dots!
How are these formed?
Lines? Dots?
Instructions
1. Think of your favourite ANIMAL.
2. Then watch this short video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJAwb79l
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• Time for ART MAKING!