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- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art/11%3A_The_Americas_to_1900/11.02%3A_North_America_before_c._1500Entering the city from the south, the Avenue of the Dead leads visitors to the city’s three main architectural monuments, the Ciudadela, a sunken plaza at the southernmost tip that contained temples, ...Entering the city from the south, the Avenue of the Dead leads visitors to the city’s three main architectural monuments, the Ciudadela, a sunken plaza at the southernmost tip that contained temples, including the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent (above), the Pyramid of the Sun further down the avenue (below), and the Pyramid of the Moon (top of page) located at the northernmost point.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art/05%3A_Asia/5.06%3A_AfghanistanBecause of Afghanistan’s geographical position—on the edge of central Asia with India and China beyond to the east, and Iran, the Middle East and the numerous cultures of the Mediterranean and the res...Because of Afghanistan’s geographical position—on the edge of central Asia with India and China beyond to the east, and Iran, the Middle East and the numerous cultures of the Mediterranean and the rest of Europe to the west—it was criss-crossed by ancient trade routes. The use of the inscription on the dado as a commemorative display to honor the leaders of the dynasty and mark the construction of the building was also unusual.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art/13%3A_Art_that_brings_U.S._history_to_life/13.06%3A_American_and_regional_cultureThe Puritans believed that salvation did not lie in a set of rituals performed by the church on behalf of the sinner but in a drama within the soul of the believer, and they called those whom God had ...The Puritans believed that salvation did not lie in a set of rituals performed by the church on behalf of the sinner but in a drama within the soul of the believer, and they called those whom God had saved “saints.” They believed in a “revolution of the saints” and viewed themselves as the culmination of a biblical narrative that extended without interruption from ancient Jerusalem to their own time.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art/09%3A_Oceania/9.04%3A_MelanesiaThe Ambum Stone was made and imbued with particular meanings and values by a group of what we now know as Papua New Guineans, and then relocated to a Western museum where it has been reinterpreted wit...The Ambum Stone was made and imbued with particular meanings and values by a group of what we now know as Papua New Guineans, and then relocated to a Western museum where it has been reinterpreted within a framework of aesthetics and exchange, where we continue to marvel at it—and exoticize it—because of its origins, and the mysteries we perceive in the pages of its story, remain closed to us.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art_2e/SmartHistory_of_Art_XIb_-_North_America_1500_to_1900/01%3A_Native_North_American_art_c._1500__today/1.05%3A_Southwest/1.5.04%3A_Hopi-_White_Ogre_Tihu_(Katsina_Figure)by THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Hopi, White Ogre Tihu (Katsina Figure), c. 1900, cottonwood, pigment, cotton cloth, tanned leather, and metal, made in Arizona, United States, 47 × 15.2 × 17.8 cm (Th...by THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Hopi, White Ogre Tihu (Katsina Figure), c. 1900, cottonwood, pigment, cotton cloth, tanned leather, and metal, made in Arizona, United States, 47 × 15.2 × 17.8 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art); speaker: Brian Vallo, Director, Indian Arts Research Center School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art_2e/02%3A_SmartHistory_of_Art_II-_Ancient_Mediterranean/10%3A_Ancient_Greece/10.05%3A_Classical/10.5.11%3A_Temple_of_Athena_Nike_on_the_Athenian_AcropolisIts construction was completed in the year 420 B.C.E., during the so called High Classical Period, according to the design of Kallikrates (the same architect who was responsible for the construction o...Its construction was completed in the year 420 B.C.E., during the so called High Classical Period, according to the design of Kallikrates (the same architect who was responsible for the construction of the Parthenon). The believers would simply perform rituals in front of the temple, where a small altar was placed, and could take a glimpse of the sculpted figure of the goddess through the space between the columns.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art_2e/SmartHistory_of_Art_XII_-_Global_Cultures_1980__Now/11%3A_Figuration_the_body_and_representation/11.23%3A_Will_Wilson_Critical_Indigenous_Photographic_ExchangeWill Wilson, native Diné photographer and center of our focus exhibition, is hosting a pop-up portrait studio where he will engage guests in the Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX). Wilso...Will Wilson, native Diné photographer and center of our focus exhibition, is hosting a pop-up portrait studio where he will engage guests in the Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX). Wilson will then speak on the exhibition’s panel later this evening, alongside various Native individuals whose work focuses on seeking justice and a more prominent role for Native culture in contemporary America.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art_2e/SmartHistory_of_Art_XII_-_Global_Cultures_1980__Now/01%3A_Beginner's_guide/1.03%3A_The_Case_for_Copyingby THE ART ASSIGNMENT Video \PageIndex1: Speaker: Sarah Urist Green
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art_2e/SmartHistory_of_Art_XIc_-_Latin_America_1500_to_1900/03%3A_South_America_c._1500_-_1900/3.04%3A_Colonial_Brazil/3.4.03%3A_Church_of_Sao_Francisco_de_Assis_Ouro_PretoAlthough the confraternity of São Francisco only admitted white members, enslaved Africans constructed the building, and the design has been attributed to the sculptor Antonio Francisco Lisboa: the so...Although the confraternity of São Francisco only admitted white members, enslaved Africans constructed the building, and the design has been attributed to the sculptor Antonio Francisco Lisboa: the son of the Portuguese architect Manoel Francisco Lisboa and an enslaved black woman named Isabel.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art_2e/SmartHistory_of_Art_XII_-_Global_Cultures_1980__Now/11%3A_Figuration_the_body_and_representation/11.18%3A_Catherine_Opie
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art_2e/02%3A_SmartHistory_of_Art_II-_Ancient_Mediterranean/07%3A_Ancient_Near_East/7.04%3A_Babylonian/7.4.01%3A_Babylonia_an_introductionThe British Museum holds one of the iconic artworks of this period, the so-called “Queen of the Night.” Nebuchadnezzar is also credited with the construction of the famous “Hanging Gardens.” However, ...The British Museum holds one of the iconic artworks of this period, the so-called “Queen of the Night.” Nebuchadnezzar is also credited with the construction of the famous “Hanging Gardens.” However, the last Babylonian king Nabonidus (555-539 B.C.E.) was defeated by Cyrus II of Persia and the country was incorporated into the vast Achaemenid Persian Empire.
