Regionalism

Examples of Regionalism in the following topics:

• New Britain

  • New Britain, one of the larger islands in Melanesia, is heavily influenced by the Oceanic art of the region.
  • The lor, or skull masks of New Britain's Gazelle Peninsula were made by the Tolai People from the region's available materials.
  • Art from this region tends to be elaborate and highly decorative, and is often made in connection with ancestors.
  • The 17th century, both here and in other regions of Oceania, brought with it increasing encounters with European explorers.
  • Some traditional forms of art began to decline, though others like sculpture survived and even thrived in the region.

• South America

  • These tensions were channeled into the revolution for independence in the region during the 19th century, resulting in major social and political changes.
  • The continent is made up of several regions, including what are today known as Brazil (home of the Amazon), the Andean States (along the Andes mountain range), the Guianas (the north-eastern region), and the Southern Cone (the southernmost areas of the continent).
  • During the Late Intermediate period (1000 - 1476 CE), the regions were populated by a number of indigenous nations.
  • At the same time, European styles, techniques and technologies were introduced to the region, such as architecture and oil painting.
  • Baroque art dominated the region in colonial times, though it was modified by native traditions.

• The Mixteca-Puebla Tradition

  • The Mixteca-Puelba tradition of artistry originates from the pre-Columbian Mixtec peoples from the region of Puebla, Mesoamerica.
  • In pre-Columbian times, the region was inhabited by people of many ethnicities, including the Mixteca.
  • One of the major indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica, today they inhabit the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla in the La Mixteca region.

• American Regionalist Art

  • Regionalism refers to a naturalist and realist style of painting that dominated American rural painting in the 1930s.
  • Regionalism, also known as American scene painting, refers to a naturalist style of painting that was prevalent during the 1920s through the 1950s in the United States.
  • Partly due to the Great Depression, Regionalism became one of the dominant art movements in America in the 1930s (the other being Social Realism).
  • A debate between abstraction versus realism had been ongoing since the 1913 Armory Show, and this continued throughout the 1930s between Regionalism, Social Realism, and Abstract art.
  • Wood wrote that Regional artists interpret physiography, industry, and psychology of their hometown, and that the competition of these preceding elements creates American culture.

• Painting

  • American painting in the 1930s and 40s is marked by developments in Regionalism, Social Realism, and Modernist techniques like Precisionism.
  • The dominant styles of the time include Regionalism, Social Realism, Precisionism, and Abstract Modernism.
  • Several separate and related movements began and developed during the Great Depression including Regionalism and Social Realism, along with Modernist trends.
  • A closely related movement to Regionalism, Social Realism was an artistic movement which depicted social and racial injustice and economic hardship through unvarnished pictures of life's struggles.
  • Compare and contrast the painting styles of Regionalism, Social Realism, Precisionism, and Abstract Modernism.

• The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

  • The region was dominated by Mt.
  • Vesuvius, which famously erupted in August 79 CE, burying and preserving the cities of Herculaneum, Pompeii, along with the region's villas and farms.
  • While today the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum are often described as cities frozen in time, the inhabitants of these cities and the region around Vesuvius had many warnings prior to the eruption that something was about to happen.
  • A major earthquake shook the region in 62 CE, causing damage to buildings that still had not been repaired by the time of volcano's eruption seventeen years later.
  • While the cities lingered in the memories of many Romans of the period, they were eventually forgotten, only to be rediscovered in the 18th century when the region was ruled by the King of Naples, Charles Bourbon.

• Domestic Architecture in Modern Africa

  • African architecture is exceptionally diverse from region to region and has been subject to numerous external influences.
  • The architecture of Africa, like that of any vast region or continent, is exceptionally diverse.
  • The Islamic conquest of North Africa saw the development of Islamic architecture in the region; western architecture has had an impact on coastal areas since the late 15th century, and is now an important source for many buildings, particularly in major cities.
  • Vernacular architecture uses a wide range of materials, such as thatch, stick/wood, mud, mudbrick, rammed earth, and stone, with a preference for materials varying by region.

• The Role of Flanders

  • Flanders is an historical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.
  • Flanders was Catholic whereas the Dutch Republic was Protestant, which created a divide in the two regions' artistic themes and output.
  • The late 16th century saw the end of late Renaissance and Mannerist styles in the Flanders region, and the beginning of the age of Rubens.
  • In Flanders, this style is known as Flemish Baroque, where it exemplifies unique traits, largely due to the Catholicism of the region.

• Pacific Arts Festival

  • The Pacific Arts Festival celebrates the arts of indigenous cultures in the Oceanic region.
  • The festival is not a competition but a cultural exchange, and it serves to both reunite people and reinforce regional identity and mutual appreciation of Pacific-wide culture.

• Fang and Kota

  • The Fang and Bakota (or Kota) are Bantu ethnic groups from the region of Gabon.
  • The Bakota (or Kota) are a Bantu ethnic group from the northeastern region of Gabon.
  • Some of these dialects themselves include regional variations of some kind.
  • The Fang (or Fan) are a Bantu group related peoples who inhabit the rain forest regions of Gabon, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and São Tomé and Príncipe.