Oceania
Oceania
Basics to get you started
Polynesia, an introduction
Melanesia, an introduction
What is the impact and legacy of Cook’s voyages?
Paleolithic art, an introduction
The Neolithic revolution
Modern art and reality
Expression and modern art
Contemporary art, an introduction
What can be done to protect cultural heritage?
Hawaiian featherworks
Ah Xian artist interview
Timeline
Emily Kame Kngwarreye, <em>Emu Woman</em>, 1988–89, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 92 x 61 cm (The Holmes à Court Collection, Heytesbury; photo: National Museum of Australia) © Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Works of Art
Artists
Paul Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon, 1888, oil on canvas, 72.2 x 91 cm (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Periods, Cultures, Styles
Australian Aboriginal
Anmatyerr
Melanesian
Palauan
Torres Strait Islander
Micronesian
Rapa Nui
Asmat
prehistoric–today
Prehistoric
before 2000 B.C.E.
Paleolithic
before 10,000 B.C.E.
Māori
to today
Wallisian and Futunan
to today
Neolithic
c. 10,000–2000 B.C.E.
Polynesian
to today
Cook Islander
to today
Fijian
to today
Hawaiian
to today
Samoan
to today
Lapita
c. 1600–500 B.C.E.
Chamoru
to today
New Ireland
to today
Vanuatu
to today
Wosera
to today
I-Kiribati
to today
Modernisms
c. 1900–1980
Late Modernism/Postmodernism
1962–today
Contemporary
1980–today
