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San Estevan, Acoma Pueblo
•Adobe Style
•Built by priests
•Simple design (European)
•Symmetric, round uneven edges make it appear to rise up out of the ground.
•Date: 1640 |
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Nave, San Jose, Old Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
•Date: 1840
•Birds perched on steeped terrace represent souls of people buried under church
•Altar decorations influenced by native and Spanish artist.
•Pueblo Iconography, (Corn, sun, rain, and thunder symbols.) |
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•Title: The Village of Secoton
•Date: 1585
•Gives you a birds-eye view
•Dome shaped huts known as wigwams and were common among the people of the eastern woodlands.
•Gives an idea of what life was like in an Indian village |
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•Title: Powhatan’s Mantle
•Artist: Anonymous
•Date: Before 1656
•Animal on right could represent a white tailed deer; on the right with round paws and long talk could be a mountain lion.
•Shows a human being flanked by these two animals.
•It is thought the feline and human figures could correspond to two of the four images found at Powhatan’s treasure-house.
•Represents early Indian ceremonial gauntlet. |
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•Title: John Freake
•Artist: Unknown
•Date: 1671 and 1674
•Painted by a limmer, limmers went from town to town painting portraits.
•His rich velvet coat and ring and broach indicate Freake had a high place in society.
•His face stands out from the dark background with a confident, self satisfied expression coming from Freake.
•Long hair represents loyalist to the crown, short hair loyalty to Puritans, Freake’s was somewhere in between. |
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•Title: Elizabeth Freake and baby Mary
Artist: Unknown
•Date: 1671 and 1674
•Also painted by a limmer
•She wears pearls and a gold ring. A satin dress decorated with fine lace and bow.
•These various products were imported from different parts of the world, representing a resistance to the limits the British crown attempted to place on trade.
•Including the ornate chair and the drapery lets the artist indicate the wealth of the Freakes beyond costumes. |
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