For this assignment, you should select three different objects from three different cultures and conduct a theme that can link all of these three objects together. One object should be a European object, one should be non-European, and the third one should be from our contemporary world.

You should have a clear introduction of the theme and discuss the context of each work and how they are thematically linked with each other.

Include descriptions of the work’s formal elements: describe and compare their shape, color, and so forth. Are there designs on them; and if so, do you think it helps in the way the works may look to you overall? Formalism is concerned with the aesthetic qualities of a work of art, while iconography refers to its meaning and context. What is the artist/culture trying to say with these works, how do their style reflect their historical era?

3 pages minimum, no plagiarism, all outside sources should be cited in Chicago style.

Object 1: BHAIRAVA

Date:

CA. 16TH CENTURY

Geographic Origin:

Nepal

Medium:

Gilt copper alloy

Dimensions:

H 28 x W 27 1/4 x D 19 in.

Object 2: Helmet Mask

Date:

before 1880

Geography:

Cameroon, Grassfields region

Culture:

Bamum kingdom

Medium:

Wood, copper, glass beads, raffia, cowrie shells

Dimensions:

H. 26 x W. 14 x D. 10 3/4 in. (66 x 35.6 x 27.3 cm)

Accession Number:

1978.412.560

Object 3: Alexander McQueen’s Mask

Date:

Autumn/Winter 1996

Medium:

Synthetic and enameled metal