Modules

Introduction!
Hi everyone, my name is Stacey Schouten. I am an Anthropology major. I am interested in almost all aspects of Anthropology and I am trying to pinpoint the exact field that I would want to go into. I have it narrowed down to Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology or Evolutionary Anthropology. I enjoy the outdoors and I am a huge dog advocate. I was an art major so that is why I chose art and Europe as my topic.


 * 1) On your own wiki, create a page that will serve as your own page.
 * 2) Brainstorm a list of topics that you might be interested in, or if you are already working on a topic, brainstorm a list of key words, terms, places, artifacts, or anything else that relates to your topic. An example might be “Houses” or “domestic architecture.”
 * 3) Write a paragraph that introduces the topic you are interested in, and post it on your new wiki page. Don’t worry; with the wiki you can always change it later, as you develop your ideas. This paragraph is meant to help you define what it is you want to work on, not summarize any work that you have done so far.
 * 4) Feel free to discuss this (email, chat, face-to-face) with other people who have related topics (by geographic area or by theme).

Module 7: Topics
As far as topics go I would have to say that religion played a huge part in European art, also politics influenced 90% of the artwork produced. Music is an art so I will take that into consideration as well. Catholicism Protestantism Puritanism Bach Mozart Baroque Romanticism Renaissance Classicism

I think that I will focus on either the religious aspect of European art or the musical aspect of European art. The influences that each had on society and on current society. As I write this I am listening to Mozart on Pandora Radio; so what other influences do these important aspects of society have on today's societies? Were they really that important? I mean, people do flock from all over the world to view the incredible artwork in Italy, visit the home of Mozart and marvel at the grand size of the churches in old Europe. So it would appear that they are important in today's society, not just for pleasure but for understanding where we came from.

Module 8
This is the first sentence from the article.

"The floodplains along the Nile constitute an important but as yet little utilized series of laboratories for the comparative studies of the origins and interaction of ancient civilizations."

Module 9
Randall White
 * Beyond Art: Toward an Understanding of the Origins of Material Representation in Europe**

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Module 10
Christian Art in Europe was a way of portraying the fundamental elements of Christianity in material form. Paintings, statues and buildings were created to invoke a religious emotion. Popular images of Christianity depicted in artwork (which was the principal religion in Europe since Constantinople until now) were the Madonna (and child), Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary, Crucifixion, Nativity Scenes, Pieta, as well as many others. Much of art all around the world is related to religion, so for it to be so entangled into European society during these times is not much of a surprise. Even early "European" art from Greece and Rome during their high-times were focused on their religion. Statues of their gods, music for their gods, and so on. So art and religion seem to go hand in hand almost everywhere we go.





Module 12
Black crop circles file I found on a website dedicated to interesting Google Earth finds, but when I went to look at these "Black Crop Circles" they were no longer black and had either grown over the black, the black had been cut away or the black was never there.

BlackCropCircles.kmz

Module 13
This information I am summarizing is actually from a book and not a journal article. The book is entitled "Saracens, Demons & Jews: Making Monsters in Medieval Art" This books goes over how Medieval artists represented peoples that were outside of the Christian faith. These include Jews, Muslims, and other 'others'. She focuses mostly on the crusades because it was such a negative time in Europe's history so it would be easy to discover and critique the art from this time. She begins to list, but states that she can by no means cover all of the 'others' section because of lack of representation; lepers, prostitutes, homosexuals. She concentrates her study in Northern Europe because of the high Christian-Jewish tension seen here rather than in Southern Europe where Jews had been residing for much longer.

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** Module 14 **
[|//Paleolithic paintings: Evolution of Prehistoric Cave Art//]

This article discusses cave drawings as prehistoric art. The author gives multiple examples of cave art; Gif-sur-Yvette, France and the Chauvet caves. The authors address the idea of a smooth evolution of art, they are saying that this smooth transition may not be the way it went. That humans, even the earliest ones were able to creatively think of and make art that is “comparable to the best Magdalenian art” They explain that the dates of the cave paintings are dated to such an early date that this idea of art evolution from “simple to more complex representations, may have to be reconsidered”