Discussion 1 | Vogel Discussion

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1. Framing  Ancient  Art  
   Vogel:  lAlways  True  to  the  Object,  in  Our  
   Fashionz  from  Exhibi&ng  Cultures  
   Nigel  Spivey,  “The  Birth  of  the  ImaginaCon”  
   from  How  Art  Made  the  World,  pp.  17-­‐49  
   

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2. Mijikenda  Vigango  Posts  from  Art/ArCfact,  Center  for  African  
   Art,  c.  1988.  
   

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3. Zande  HunCng  Net,  from  Art/ArCfact,  Center  for  African  Art,  
   c.  1988.  
   Were  they  made  by  people  who  thought  of  
   themselves  in  terms  that  correspond  to  our  definiCon  
   of  “arCst”?  
   

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4. Kuba  Woman’s  Skirt  
   Wrapper,  Zande  HunCng  
   Net,  Kasai  Dowry  Blade  from  
   Art/ArCfact  at  the  Center  for  
   African  Art,  c.  1988.  
   Zande  HunCng  Party  using  
   nets.  
   

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5. 1-­‐5,  Nude  Woman  (Venus  of  Willendorf),  from  
   Willendorf,  Austria,  ca.  28,000-­‐25,000  BCE.  
   How  might  this  apply  to  Paleolithic  materials,  
   such  as  the  “Venus  of  Willendorf.”  
   

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6. Mijikenda  Vigango  from  Art/
   ArCfact  at  the  Center  for  
   African  Art,  c.  1988.  
   Display  with  Mijikenda  
   Vigango  from  Art/ArCfact  at  
   the  Center  for  African  Art,  c.  
   1988.  
   What  are  the  key  differences  between  the  moCvaCons  and  
   viewpoints  of  art  and  anthropological  (natural  history)  
   museums?    Is  one  beaer  than  the  other?  
   

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7. The  1910  African  Hall  at  the  American  Museum  
   of  Natural  History.  
   

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8. African  Cultural  Objects  Displayed  as  fine  art,    
   

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9. African  ArCfacts  displayed  among  modern  painCngs.  
   

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10. What  are  the  responsibiliCes  of  curators,  collectors,  
    and  viewers  regarding  “objects  never  meant  to  be  
    displayed?”  
    

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