ABORIGINAL ART Luida Alekseeva and Lena Uspenskaya, 10B http:www'aboriginalartonline'com http:www'ab

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ABORIGINAL ARTLuida Alekseeva and Lena
Uspenskaya, 10Bhttp//www.aboriginalartonline.c
om/ http//www.aboriginalart.com.au/culture/
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The Role of Art for the Aborigines

• Aboriginal Australians traditionally used art as
  a means of communication or expression in
  different forms.
• Their artworks were expressions of their beliefs,
  the Dreamtime and Dreaming stories.
• Whatever they drew, engraved or painted onto
  sand, earth, rock, trees or wood had significant
  meanings to them.

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Traditional art in Australia

• Aboriginal peoples have been producing visual art
  for many thousands of years. It takes many forms
• ancient engravings and rock art,
• designs in sand or on the body,
• fibre craft and wooden sculptures,
• bark paintings

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Body Painting or Scarification

• Body painting traditionally carries deep
  spiritual significance for Australian Aboriginal
  people. It includes
• scarring,
• face and body painting for ritual,
• wearing of ornaments.

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Bark Painting

• This is a way of painting on the bark of trees.
  Bark paintings are illustrated stories for
  children.

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Rock art

• This is the oldest art form in the world, maybe
  40 000 years old.

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Contemporary Aboriginal Art

• Since the early 1970s, Aboriginal contemporary
  art has grown rapidly.
• Communities today still produce traditional art,
  which has traditional content and meaning.
  However, some methods of producing the art may be
  contemporary.

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