Lab 13: Modern Human Art Worksheet Part 1. Examples of Human Art View five pieces of art, either with the attached materials or online. Some context is provided for each piece. Part 2. Art Interpretation For each art piece, answer the following questions on a separate document: What objects, actions, or things appear in the artwork? What do you think is happening in the artwork? Specifically try to identify what is being depicted and describe the overall scene. Why do you think the artist made this piece? Part 3. Scientific Hypotheses Make hypotheses to test your answers from Part Two. What kinds of evidence from subdisciplines of anthropology (i.e. cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and/or biological anthropology) could support your interpretation? For example, if you think the piece depicts warfare, archaeology could be used to look for artifacts matching the weapons that the artist drew or one might want to examine skeletons from that culture for injuries from these types of weapons. If the piece depicts an animal, what kind of evidence would show that it was based on a real organism? Get creative and think widely of where the evidence could come from. Look in the textbook for ways that researchers have studied culture and cultural remains. Additional Images: Art Pieces Petroglyph (rock art) found in the Nine-Mile Canyon, Utah (Catron, 2006). The piece is approximately the size of a couch. Plaque cast in bronze from the Edo people of Nigeria. The date is from 1550 to 1680 (The Met, n.d.). It is just under 20 inches tall and would have been mounted on the wall of a building. Rock art in Carnarvon National Park, Australia, attributed to aboriginal peoples (Pouliquin, 2004). Be sure to consider the grid to the right and the three-pronged shapes to the left in your interpretation. The hands are life size. Petroglyph from Qobustan, Azerbaijan dating to between 1300 to 900 BC. The piece is around three feet high. Graffiti by the mysterious contemporary artist Banksy. It was made in 2008 in a London tunnel where graffiti was allowed (Banksy, 2008). The figure is life size. Imagine viewing this piece without knowledge of the figure’s culture. References Chan, Keith. 2019. “Chapter 12: Modern Homo sapiens.” Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology, edited by Beth Shook, Katie Nelson, Kelsie Aguilera, and Lara Braff. Arlington, VA: American Anthropological Association. http://explorations.americananthro.org/ Image Attributions Banksy. (2008). Cave Painting Removal [Graffiti]. Leake Street Tunnel, London, UK. Photograph by Beckett, Chris. (2008). Banksy, Council worker cleaning up the cave paintings - The Cans Festival, Waterloo, London. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. https://flic.kr/p/4KQfgT. Catron, Scott. (2006). HuntSceneNMC [Photograph of rock art]. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HuntSceneNMC.JPG. CC BY-SA 3.0. The Met. (n.d.). Plaque: Equestrian Oba and Attendants [Photograph of metal sculpture]. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/310752. Public Domain. Pouliquin, Pierre. (2004). Untitled [Photograph of rock art]. https://flic.kr/p/ffNH2. CC BY-NC 2.0. The color has been adjusted. Retlaw Snellac Photography. (2008). Azerbaijan [Photograph of rock art]. https://flic.kr/p/5FpN2s. CC BY 2.0.

Lab 13: Modern Human Art Worksheet Part 1. Examples of Human Art View five pieces of art, either with the attached materials or online. Some context is provided for each piece. Part 2. Art Interpretation For each art piece, answer the following questions on a separate document: What objects, actions, or things appear in the artwork? What do you think is happening in the artwork? Specifically try to identify what is being depicted and describe the overall scene. Why do you think the artist made this piece? Part 3. Scientific Hypotheses Make hypotheses to test your answers from Part Two. What kinds of evidence from subdisciplines of anthropology (i.e. cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and/or biological anthropology) could support your interpretation? For example, if you think the piece depicts warfare, archaeology could be used to look for artifacts matching the weapons that the artist drew or one might want to examine skeletons from that culture for injuries from these types of weapons. If the piece depicts an animal, what kind of evidence would show that it was based on a real organism? Get creative and think widely of where the evidence could come from. Look in the textbook for ways that researchers have studied culture and cultural remains. Additional Images: Art Pieces Petroglyph (rock art) found in the Nine-Mile Canyon, Utah (Catron, 2006). The piece is approximately the size of a couch. Plaque cast in bronze from the Edo people of Nigeria. The date is from 1550 to 1680 (The Met, n.d.). It is just under 20 inches tall and would have been mounted on the wall of a building. Rock art in Carnarvon National Park, Australia, attributed to aboriginal peoples (Pouliquin, 2004). Be sure to consider the grid to the right and the three-pronged shapes to the left in your interpretation. The hands are life size. Petroglyph from Qobustan, Azerbaijan dating to between 1300 to 900 BC. The piece is around three feet high. Graffiti by the mysterious contemporary artist Banksy. It was made in 2008 in a London tunnel where graffiti was allowed (Banksy, 2008). The figure is life size. Imagine viewing this piece without knowledge of the figure’s culture. References Chan, Keith. 2019. “Chapter 12: Modern Homo sapiens.” Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology, edited by Beth Shook, Katie Nelson, Kelsie Aguilera, and Lara Braff. Arlington, VA: American Anthropological Association. http://explorations.americananthro.org/ Image Attributions Banksy. (2008). Cave Painting Removal [Graffiti]. Leake Street Tunnel, London, UK. Photograph by Beckett, Chris. (2008). Banksy, Council worker cleaning up the cave paintings - The Cans Festival, Waterloo, London. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. https://flic.kr/p/4KQfgT. Catron, Scott. (2006). HuntSceneNMC [Photograph of rock art]. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HuntSceneNMC.JPG. CC BY-SA 3.0. The Met. (n.d.). Plaque: Equestrian Oba and Attendants [Photograph of metal sculpture]. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/310752. Public Domain. Pouliquin, Pierre. (2004). Untitled [Photograph of rock art]. https://flic.kr/p/ffNH2. CC BY-NC 2.0. The color has been adjusted. Retlaw Snellac Photography. (2008). Azerbaijan [Photograph of rock art]. https://flic.kr/p/5FpN2s. CC BY 2.0.

Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

11th Edition

ISBN:9780134580999

Author:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Publisher:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Chapter1: The Human Body: An Orientation

Section: Chapter Questions

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References

Chan, Keith. 2019. “Chapter 12: Modern Homo sapiens.” Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology, edited by Beth Shook, Katie Nelson, Kelsie Aguilera, and Lara Braff. Arlington, VA: American Anthropological Association. http://explorations.americananthro.org/

Image Attributions

Banksy. (2008). Cave Painting Removal [Graffiti]. Leake Street Tunnel, London, UK. Photograph by Beckett, Chris. (2008). Banksy, Council worker cleaning up the cave paintings - The Cans Festival, Waterloo, London. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. https://flic.kr/p/4KQfgT.

Catron, Scott. (2006). HuntSceneNMC [Photograph of rock art]. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HuntSceneNMC.JPG. CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Met. (n.d.). Plaque: Equestrian Oba and Attendants [Photograph of metal sculpture]. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/310752. Public Domain.

Pouliquin, Pierre. (2004). Untitled [Photograph of rock art]. https://flic.kr/p/ffNH2. CC BY-NC 2.0. The color has been adjusted.

Retlaw Snellac Photography. (2008). Azerbaijan [Photograph of rock art]. https://flic.kr/p/5FpN2s. CC BY 2.0.