Hawaiian Art
Who did Kū have a special relationship to?
Kamehameha I
Carl Pao's work revolves around the concepts of
Kaona and Wa
Contemporary kappa maker
Puanani Van Dorpe
Puanani's relationship to tradition
brought her closer to the Hawaiian culture
Carl Pao's relationship to tradition
Hawaiian art didn't end with western contact, it just evolved
Akua kaʻai
used as a stake to mark off boundaries that you want to sanctify for ceremonies/rituals
Kiʻi ʻAumakua
used for family/personal worship
Kalaipahoa
used for sorcery
Red feathers came from these birds
ʻApapane and ʻIʻiwi
Yellow feathers came from these birds
ʻOʻo and Mamo
5 types of Hawaiian feather work
feather gods, lei hulu, mahiole, ʻahuʻula, kahili
Describe Abigail's relationship to tradition
for the culture to live, we need to talk to our kūpuna and then move on
Symbolism in Pao's work
piko connecting to earth, kuamoʻo representing lineage, canoe shape representing giving/receiving knowledge
How does "Kamehameha III and Nahienaena" conform to the standard format for Western royal portraiture?
stance, slightly turned bodies, outdoor scenery, formal attire
4 examples of ancestral art
kiʻi, uhi, kapa, feather work
Movement that marked the rebirth of Hawaiian culture
Hawaiian Renaissance
What license has Louis Choris taken and why?
Added traditional attire (kappa robe) because it was more formal and appropriate for the culture
Term for the study of humans past and present
Anthropological
What is Hawaiian "ancestral" art?
Art produced in the style of our ancient Hawaiian ancestors
Subject: finishing beats and water marks
Artist: Abigail Romanchak
Title: Hauloliʻi
Artist: Carl Pao
Title: Kiʻi Kupuna
Artist: Carl Pao
Title: Ka Hoʻolina Mau Loa
Artist: Donald Harvey, Symbolism: 3 forms represent Kamehameha I, Pauahi, and Ruth Keʻelikolani, water represent the great legacy/wealth that they left behind, forms represent the close relationships between them
Title: Various Articles, at the Sandwich Islands
Artist: John Webber, Goal of the artist: to document the cultures that the voyages encountered so they would have records of them
Title: Hilo from Coconut Island
Artist: Joseph Nawahi, his paintings are the only paintings by a native Hawaiian to survive the 20th century
Title: Kamehameha I
Artist: Louis Choris
Title: Man in a Feathered Helmet
Artist: Rembrandt Peale, Intended function: look like a Hawaiian man, Failure: not hawaiin, not based on a Hawaiian person, Peale's slave, half african, half caucasian
Title: Kamehameha III and Nahienaena
Artist: Robert Dampier
Title: Mahiole
Artist: Sean Brown
Hawaiian term for any representational image, but especially wooden sculpture, and represents what god?
Kiʻi, Kū (Kūkaʻilimoku)
Term for the style in which the kiʻi was made
Kona style
Describe the function of the kiʻi
acted as spiritual forms for the god
Sean Brown's use of abstraction is inspired by both
ancient Hawaiian art and modern abstract sculpture
What is the art of "encounter?"
art inspired between the encounter of Europe and Hawaiʻi.
Why was feather work a symbol of high rank?
hard to make, time consuming, associates the weaver with a bird --> sacredness, provides physical/spiritual protection
What role does the Hawaiian flag in "Hilo from Coconut Island" serve?
indigenous politics/resistance
In what ways is "Kamehameha I" sympathetic?
individual facial features, oval frame, up-close painting, looks like an object of curiosity
3 characteristics common to ancestral art
religious, non-naturalistic, geometric
5 features that contribute to the visual power of the kiʻi
scale, expression, posture, abstraction, surface
How does "Kamehameha III and Nahienaena" exoticize their sitters?
skin tone, land features, attire
