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Aboriginal Art PPT Final
Aboriginal Art PPT Final
Aboriginal Art PPT Final
Australian Aboriginal art is art made by the Indigenous peoples of Australia . Aboriginal people are known to be one of the oldest continual civilizations in the world. Remains have been found dating back 40,000 years. Stories were conveyed through spoken narratives, performed as dances or songs, and painted.
Paintings include works in a wide range of media including painting on leaves, wood carving, rock carving, sculpture, ceremonial clothing and sand painting.
Ochre Paintings
The Aboriginals used crushed rocks called ochre and termite mounds then mixed it with water or animal blood to enrich the color. Ochre is found in white, red and yellow. Paintings were made on rocks and barks. Ochre was also used in a similar method for body painting and also for ground paintings. Flowers, feathers, leaves, plants and grass were also used to color the various designs.
Bark Paintings
Bark Paintings are thought to be the oldest form of indigenous art but this is hampered by the lack of longevity of the works. Bark was stripped from trees and cured by drying.
Designs were applied to the bark with a thin piece of grass forming very fine patterns known as rarrk or crosshatching.
Cross-Hatching Paintings
Cross-hatching is perhaps one of the most distinctive and beautiful features of Aboriginal art. Closely spaced fine lines are drawn in particular colours intersecting each other. The chosen colours may be specific to a particular clan, and the effect is difficult to describe, but produces a deep impression on the viewer.
X-ray Paintings
The "X-ray" tradition is thought to have developed around 2000 B.C. and continues to the present day.
As its name implies, the X-ray style depicts animals or human figures in which the internal organs and bone structures are clearly visible.
Dot Paintings
Dot Painting originated in the desert using natural substances in the sand. The canvas is covered in small dots of paint which create patterns and symbols. Bright colors are now more common with the use of acrylic paint, but traditional dot painters used natural pigments such as ochre, crushed seeds, sand, blood, coal from their fires and plant material .
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