Aboriginal Art and Music from AUSTRALIA Art Standards: Identify color, line, shape, and texture in artworks that convey what they see, know, and feel Discuss and describe the common themes or subject matter of selected artworks from different cultures Art Element/Principal: Repetition PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office Australia is the only country in the world that covers an entire continent. It is one of the largest countries on Earth. More than one-third of Australia is desert. It has a long history. Aboriginal people of Australia Original people of Australia Lived there for more than 40,000 years They were hunters and observers They have a tribal culture of storytelling and art The term Aborigines was given to the original people of Australia by the British, but they prefer to be called by their individual clan names. PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office In Aboriginal culture everyone is an artist because everyone participates in activities such as dancing, singing, body decoration, drawing and weaving baskets. PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office The Music of the Aboriginal People http://www.charly-didgeridoo.com/seq-music.php?langue=en The many animals and beauty of nature helped inspire music and art: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg2IX65EPYY While playing Didgeridoo, traditionally Aborigines mimic the sounds of their surroundings and animals they hear. These sounds can be mixed with droning to create rhythms, which is how the Didgeridoo is used as a rhythm wind instrument. The Didgeridoo: A WIND Instrument Listen to modern Didgeridoo Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqMgL5qmZ-k#t=42 PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

Colors, Shapes, Lines The Art of the Aboriginal People What colors do you see? What shapes and lines do you see? What kinds of objects do you see? Colors, Shapes, Lines PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office Aboriginal Art is one of the oldest art forms practiced today. Drawings that are thousands of years old can still be found on ancient rocks. An Australian Aboriginal rock painting depicts a lizardlike animal, near Hawker, South Australia. PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office Thousands of years ago, Aboriginals would create their works using only the natural materials left around them, such as bark, clay, logs, trees, burnt sticks, rocks, etc....  The patterns and symbols were created used only the colors seen in nature. PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office Traditional Dot (Sand) Painting Traditional dot paintings were made in sand. Today dot paintings are on canvas with paint THEY TELL a story using Aboriginal symbols and designs. What do you think the concentric circles represent? PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office Dots and Patterns Do you see? Curved lines Straight Lines Angles Repeated dots The backgrounds of these art works were never blank. There is always a continuous use of dotting, patterns, lines PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office Most traditional aboriginal dot paintings represent a story about hunting or food gathering. Therefore, animals are frequently part of the painting. What ANIMALS do you see? PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office Over in Australia Many Amazing Animals Koala Wombat Kangaroo Red the book by Marianne Berkes to introduce the animals of Australia. PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office Brolga Dugong Koala Bandicoot Platypus Wombat Kookaburra Tree frog Snake neck turtle Great White Shark Wallero PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office Create a DOT painting Select an Animal shape to create a dot painting. 2. Decide on 3 colors and the pattern you want to use. 3. Dip a Q-Tip lightly into your paint. Hold the end straight down onto the paper and make dots by dabbing the tip onto the paper. 4. Follow the outline of the animal. Fill in the animal with dots! PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office