APAH Overarching Takeaways

This culture based nearly all artistic creation on Greek art and culture

Includes mosques that are decorated with nonfigural imagery: calligraphy and vegetal motifs

The earliest written records exist from this time period.

Pilgrimage is one of the five pillars of this religion, plays a key role in architecture

The arts of this region are defined by their proximity to the Pacific Ocean.

The start of linear and atmospheric perspective enhanced naturalism.

Artwork created for this religion does not contain figural imagery.

People migrated from Asia across a land bridge to this area, formed tribes that created art.

Hinduism and Buddhism initially developed in this region.

Artistic narratives are characterized by stories including the Annunciation & the Lamentation.

The earliest peoples were groups of hunter/gatherers whose concern was survival.

The Enlightenment and return to scientific inquiry happened during this content area.

The Olmec, Maya, and Aztec people are all from this region.

Igbo, Edo, Ashanti, Kuba, Chokwe, Baule, Mende, Luba, Fang, and Kongo peoples live here.

Humans transforming into their animal selves is a prevalent theme within this region.

The Rapa Nui, Sayudeleur, and Samoa peoples are found in this content area.

Daoism and Confucianism developed in this region.

Art characterized by unity with the natural world, animal based media, shamanism.

The religious arts of this region are united by traditions of the region: Islam and Buddhism.

The Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation happened during this content area.

Artists' intended meanings are often open-ended and subject to multiple interpretations.

Artistic movements include Aztec, Mayan, and Olmec.

Corbels, deep figural relief sculpture, and an interior garbha griha characterize these temples

Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia comprise the majority of this content area.

Antisocial focus on living in harmony with nature.

Rapid change from industrialization and urbanization happened during this time.

This religion was imported to Japan through Korea and China.

Tracing the migration of the Lapita people helped historians learn more about this region.

Arts are active, performative, and reveal underlying belief systems through symbolism.

Widespread communication helped create arts that represents the world instead of just Europe.

Archaeological discoveries helped illuminate connections between arts across the globe.

Masks are meant to be performed not to just be looked at.

Art world becomes more inclusive of all nationalities, ethnicities, and sexual preferences.

Disease and genocide practiced by European invaders cut the population down by 90%

The beginning of colonization and global trade characterized this era.

Cities begin to seek an iconic building that will define or revitalize an area.

Outsiders have stolen, collected, and displayed art from this region, inspiring modern artists.

Geometric patterning, harmony with nature, and representation of animals.

Arts expressive, requires specialized supernatural capabilities for creation and use

People established early artistic practices like carving into rock surfaces & working with clay

Arts in these two content areas are usually performed.

Migrations were possible because of lowered sea levels and land bridges.

The beginning of cities happened at the beginning of this content area.

Architecture from this country is made from natural materials and is minimalistic.

This religion's artwork is recognized for its outstanding cave architecture.

Artwork grounded in civic ideals, polytheism with republican and imperialistic periods.

Characterized by artistic movements known as -isms, like Impressionism and Cubism.

Nearly all of the art and architecture derived from requirements of worship.

Artistic skill, presentation, function, and materials are challenged.

Artmaking associated with activities like food production, tools, and burial.

Artwork grounded in civic ideals, polytheism with archaic, classical and Hellenistic periods.

Arts prescribed by a diviner, commissioned by a supplicant, or produced by a specific artist

The Shoshone, Lenape, and Kwakwaka'wakw are all from this region

Distinctive art from this area includes stupas, ink painting, rock gardens, and woodblocks.

Humanity is understood to have begun in Africa and radiated outwards.

Much of this region's artwork is characterized by pharaohs, deities, and the afterlife.

Arts in this content area are supported by digital innovations and global connectivity

The artwork is created for eternity in service of a culture that focuses on rebirth.

Exaggeration of heads often characterize this artwork.

Wrapping or shielding practices calling tapu are found in works in this region.

Architecture is characterized by muqarnas, squinches, mihrabs, qibla walls, and iwans.

Imagery from this religion travelled via the Silk Road, spreading it across Asia.

Prior to the written word, function of artworks is inferred by archaeological evidence.

Shamanism is the primary religion prevalent in this content area.

The earliest known ceramic vessels date from this region.