art history short essay

Here is The tour guide can be found.(in another file)

(If the link doesn’t work (they keep moving stuff), search “Cornett art tour” - it should be the first topic that gives you the PDF link). Note that they also move the art around, so it’s not always an exact guide, but it should provide some reference to the permanent and variable installations.

How do you perceive the various types of art? (for example, would you have considered the doors? even looked at them? what do you consider is the significance of having art incorporated into this specific location?). What was your favourite piece? Why did it have resonance for you?

Studies of First Nations arts are often linked with Social Sciences, in particular Anthropology (as opposed to most other cultures, predominately studied in Art or Art History). How do you perceive this connection? Do you think it is (the most) appropriate? (Note: this paper isn’t oriented towards cultural appropriation, but concepts of culture in relation to disciplinary silos.)

Are you now more aware of the other painting and sculpture on campus? Do you feel that First Nations art on display elsewhere around campus “reads” differently in those other environments? Why or why not?

The goals of the assignment are to:

1) to consider the issues and concerns of interdisciplinary viewing

2) to consider the issues associated with “dominant readings” of the arts (here the implicit link between First Nations arts and Anthropology)

3) 3) to experience some of the art embedded into the campus experience

Write a short paper, minimum 750 words