Annotations
for Clive Bell, Art, Page 3
| "primitive
art"
Stone Mask
Mexico,
300-100 B.C.E. |
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Spirit Figure, Angoram,
Papua New Guinea |
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Notre-Dame-la-Grande,
Eleventh century,
Poitiers, France
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In good
"primitive" or folk art,
says Bell,
"you will find no accurate representation."
Earthenware
Church, Peru,
date unknown
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Emperor Taizong, Tang
Dynasty, China
Many historians regard the Tang Dynasty
(A.D. 618-907) as the pinnacle
of Chinese civilization.
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Pre-Columbian Art
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Clay figurine dressed
as a
supernatural beast.
Central Mexico (1200-600 B.C.)
Atlihuayán, State of Morelos
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| "the Chaldean lover"
of "four
thousand years ago"
The Chaldean people (pronounces Kal-de'an) inhabited the land presently known as
Iraq. In ancient times this area was called Mesopotamia, 'the land between two rivers.'
The area is also known as Babylon.
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commentary © 2002 Theodore Gracyk
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Nov. 15, 2007
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