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Oceania
Basics to get you started

Polynesia, an introduction

Melanesia, an introduction

What is the impact and legacy of Cook’s voyages?

Ah Xian artist interview

Artist Dale Harding—”Environment is Part of Who You Are”

Artist Richard Bell—”My Art is an Act of Protest”

Paleolithic art, an introduction

The Neolithic revolution

Contemporary art, an introduction

Modern art and reality

Expression and modern art

A Global Middle Ages through the Pages of Decorated Books

What can be done to protect cultural heritage?

Art Appreciation: Religion—comparisons and connections

Guagua’ (woven basket) and Chamoru weaving (mamfok)
Works of Art
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Artists
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Paul Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon, 1888, oil on canvas, 72.2 x 91 cm (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Periods, Cultures, Styles
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Wallisian and Futunan
to today

Anmatyerr

Polynesian
to today

Melanesian

Hawaiian
to today

Māori
to today

Wosera

Samoan
to today

Fijian
to today

Micronesian

Palauan

New Ireland

Torres Strait Islander

Cook Islander
to today

I-Kiribati

Rapa Nui

Lapita
c. 1600–500 B.C.E.

Vanuatu

Australian Aboriginal

Asmat
prehistoric–today

Prehistoric
before 2000 B.C.E.

Paleolithic
before 10,000 B.C.E.

Neolithic
c. 10,000–2000 B.C.E.

Postcolonial
1776–the present

Modernisms
c. 1900–1980

International Style
c. 1920–1980

Late Modernism/Postmodernism
1962–today

Contemporary
1980–today

Chamoru
to today