indigenous

Examples of indigenous in the following topics:

• The New World

  • Indigenous visual arts traditions in the Americas span thousands of years, representing cultures from Mesoamerica to the Arctic.
  • There are almost as many terms for indigenous people in the Americas as there are geographic regions.
  • At least a thousand different indigenous languages are spoken in the Americas.
  • Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas comprise a major category in world art history.
  • To gain an appreciation for the breadth and diversity of indigenous peoples and cultures of the Americas.

• South America

  • South American art has a long and rich history, from indigenous roots and European colonization to the arrival of new immigrants from Asia.
  • Tensions between indigenous peoples and European colonizers shaped South America from the 16th through the 19th centuries.
  • During the Late Intermediate period (1000 - 1476 CE), the regions were populated by a number of indigenous nations.
  • During this period, most art focused on religious subjects, as the Spanish sought to convert the indigenous people to Christianity.
  • Quick to purge any indigenous cultural practices that hindered their missionary intentions, many native artworks that were considered pagan were destroyed by Spanish explorers.

• Spanish Art in the Americas

  • Art in the Americas during the 18th century is characterized by a synthesis of European and Indigenous styles.
  • Artistic production in the Americas during the 1700s and early 1800s reflects the influence of Spanish colonization on Indigenous cultures that was in effect at the time.
  • Indigenous artists were taught European techniques but retained styles that were representative of their local sensibilities.
  • The work of this period represents a long process of mixed-heritage blending of indigenous people and Europeans, culturally and genetically.
  • Examples of this again include the combination of European, Latin American, and Indigenous features, local flora and fauna and landscape.

• Aboriginal Australian Art

  • The influence of Aboriginal artwork in Australia carries over to the 19th and 20th centuries in the works of William Barak, who recorded traditional aboriginal ways for the education of Westerners; Margaret Preston, a non-indigenous painter incorporating Aboriginal influences in her works; Albert Namatjira, an Arrernte artists whose landscapes inspired the Hermannsburg School of art; and Elizabeth Durack, notable for her fusion of Western and indigenous influences.

• Indonesian Painting

  • The art and culture of Indonesia have been shaped by long interactions between original indigenous customs and multiple foreign influences.
  • The most famous indigenous 19th century Indonesian painter is Raden Saleh (1807–1877), who was also the first indigenous artist to study in Europe.
  • Raden Saleh was perhaps the most famous indigenous 19th century Indonesian painter, and his work is heavily influenced by Romanticism and his training in Europe.

• Political Art: Race and Ethnicity in the 1990s

  • Contemporary Indigenous Australian art (also known as Contemporary Aboriginal Australian art) is the modern art work produced by Indigenous Australians.
  • It is generally regarded as beginning with a painting movement in 1971 that spawned widespread interest across rural and remote Aboriginal Australia in creating art, while contemporary Indigenous art of a different nature also emerged in urban centres; together they have become central to Australian art.
  • Indigenous art centres have fostered the emergence of the contemporary art movement, and as of 2010 were estimated to represent over 5000 artists, mostly in Australia's north and west.
  • Indigenous art frequently reflects the spiritual traditions, cultural practices and socio-political circumstances of Indigenous people, and these have varied across the country.

• Pacific Arts Festival

  • The Pacific Arts Festival celebrates the arts of indigenous cultures in the Oceanic region.
  • The Pacific Cultural Council selects the host country, recognizing that each participating country desires the opportunity to showcase its unique indigenous culture by hosting the festival.

• The Spanish Conquest and Its Effects on Incan Art

  • Indigenous artists were taught European techniques but retained styles that were representative of their local sensibilities.
  • The work of this period represents a long process of mixed-heritage blending of indigenous people and Europeans, both culturally and genetically.
  • Quito School art works are known for their combination of European and Indigenous stylistic features, including Baroque, Flemish, Rococo, and Neoclassical elements.
  • The racial blending of the time is reflected aesthetically in Quito school art works in figures with mixed European and Indigenous traits, both in features and clothing.
  • Examples of this again include the combination of European, Latin American, and Indigenous features, as well as local flora, fauna, and landscape.

• The Mixteca-Puebla Tradition

  • One of the major indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica, today they inhabit the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla in the La Mixteca region.
  • They are the fourth largest indigenous group in Mexico, although many have emigrated out of traditional Mixteca areas into other parts of the state, Mexico City, and even the United States.

• The Java Culture

  • The art of Java is the result of a complex cultural mixture very different from the original indigenous cultures.
  • The culture of Java has been shaped by long interaction between original indigenous customs and multiple foreign influences.
  • The result is a complex cultural mixture very different from the original indigenous cultures.
  • Silat is a class of indigenous martial arts from the area of Southeast Asia encompassing most of the Nusantara, the Indonesian Archipelago, the Malay Archipelago, and the entirety of the Malay Peninsula.