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Explore Timeless Artifacts: Journey Through Global Art History's Secrets
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What you'll learn
- Understand the historical and cultural significance of various art pieces from different societies.
- Recognize key elements and techniques characteristic of diverse art forms and artifacts.
- Analyze how art reflects and communicates the values and beliefs of its originating cultures.
- Explore the role and influence of traditional art in contemporary cultural contexts.
This course includes
- 1.5 hours of video
- Certificate of completion
- Access on mobile and TV
Course content
1 modules • 23 lessons • 1.5 hours of video
Exploring Global Art Histories and Cultural Artefacts
23 lessons
• 1.5 hours
Exploring Global Art Histories and Cultural Artefacts
23 lessons
• 1.5 hours
- Art history (Smarthistory) on Khanacademy.org 02:43
- Mask (Buk), Torres Strait, Mabuiag Island 04:42
- Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool), Asante people 07:55
- Necklace (Lei Niho Palaoa), Hawai'i 03:36
- Female (pwo) mask (Chokwe peoples) 04:21
- Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (UNESCO/NHK) 02:42
- Bundu / Sowei Helmet Mask (Mende peoples) 05:36
- What this object from a lost society tells us about a whole civilization | Art, Explained 02:34
- The Artist Project: Willie Cole 03:10
- Great Zimbabwe National Monument (UNESCO/NHK) 02:46
- Kingdom of Ife: Ife uncovered 05:11
- Fang Reliquary Figure 04:46
- Couple (Dogon peoples) 05:23
- Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania 08:50
- Olowe of Ise, Veranda Post (Yoruba people) 04:20
- Kingdom of Ife: Ife remembered - Godfrey Abeshin in conversation with curator Hassan Arero 04:34
- A welcome to a Maori meeting house 06:39
- Sowei mask: spirit of Sierra Leone 06:47
- Male figure, Ikenga (Igbo Peoples) 03:52
- Bis Poles at The Metropolitan Museum of Art 06:45
- The ancestor's voice emerges from the slit in the gong when it is played | Art, Explained 02:14
- Elephant Mask, Kuosi Society, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon 03:00
- Fly Whisk (Tahiri), Austral Islands 05:20
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