Michael Cassidy's paintings of Native American art is unique in its style. There is a story behind each and every painting.
A typical double-spouted pot with handle of the Nazca civilization of ancient Peru (200 BCE-500 CE). The design is also typical of Nazca art: Bold lines and colours, often depicting mythical transformational...
“The Battle of Old Sitka, June, 1802”, © Ray Troll, 2002 This drawing was inspired by reading historical accounts of Russian and Tlingit conflicts in Southeast Alaska in the late 1700’s and early 1…
No less effort, dedication and study entails the #Aztecs characterization...for the #Cuauhtlahuac (#Cuitláhuac) ornaments and cloak (tilmatli), the suspicious and disagree #Motecuhzoma's brother,... the #FeatherSerpent emblem Eagle and Jaguar Warriors,
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I did some research into the Anglo-Saxon (410AD-1066) and Viking (800AD-1066) era and found these ancient pendants and brooches. Its quite amazing that in these early times it was possible to creat…
Globally, one of the most important patterns that scholars highlight in the early modern era is the gradual unfolding of the “Military Revolution” in Europe-a
Para esta representación he elegido tres tipos de modelos de vestimenta que utilizaban las mujeres mesoamericanas en la época que tocamos, y las fases que atraviesa el personaje a través del argumento de la novela. Tenemos que tener presente, ante todo, que las mujeres vestían dos prendas básicas: una falda larga llamada cueitl, que iba enrollada a la cintura, y una camisa larga y holgada llamada huepilli (llamada modernamente huipil o hipil). Nuestra Malinalli de la izquierda presenta estas dos prendas cuando es obsequiada a los castellanos en la victoria de Centla, a la llegada de Cortés. Las esclavas, y los machuatl en general, no podía vestir de algodón, reservado solo para las clases nobles y altos dignatarios, por lo que utilizaban textiles elaborados de ayate proveniente de las fibras del cactus de maguey, de allí que su textura aparente ser mas áspera en la representación . En el centro tenemos ya a la Malinalli como interprete de Cortés. Es una evolución en su personaje por lo que su pelo aparece más peinado y recortado aunque suelto, como aparece representada en los códices junto a Cortes. Viste una tela más elaborada, aunque sigue siendo de ayate. Consiste en un hupilli más largo, más amplio, más blanca y sencillo, salvo por el color y adornos del cuello del manto y el diseño que lo remata. Ya vemos que empieza a llevar las sandalias típicas de esa región aunque igualmente sencilla. La ultima representación es una variante del traje anterior aunque con ciertos resabios de los modelos empleados por la nobleza, como el poncho que cubre sus hombros, y que aun hoy en día se sigue empleando, el quechquemitl. El peinado que lleva es un típico peinado mexica; los cabellos eran largos y oscuros, los remataban sobre la frente con dos protuberancias o moños que recuerdan cuernos truncados, y atados con una cinta carmesí. El diseño que he elegido para esta representación esta inspirado "La Chaqueta de Tlaloc", prenda que se conserva en el Museo del Templo Mayor en Ciudad de Mexico. *** For this representation I have chosen three types of clothing used by Mesoamerican women in the time, and the phases that the character goes through the plot. We must keep in mind, firstly , that the women wore two basic garments: a long skirt called cueitl, which was rolled up at the waist, and a long, baggy shirt called huepilli (called modernly huipil or hipil). Our Malinalli on the left presents these two garments when she is presented to the Castilians in the victory of Centla, upon the arrival of Cortés. The slaves, and the machuatl in general, could not dress in cotton, reserved only for the noble classes and high dignitaries, so they used textiles made of ayate from the fibers of the maguey cactus, hence its apparent texture is rougher in the representation. In the center we already have the Malinalli as interpreter of Cortés. It is an evolution in her character so that her hair appears more combed and trimmed although loose, as it is represented in the codices next to Cortes. He wears a more elaborate fabric, although it is still ayate. It consists of a longer, wider, whiter and simpler hupilli, except for the color and trimming of the mantle's neck and the design that finishes it off. We can already see that he is beginning to wear the typical sandals of that region, although equally simple. The last representation is a variant of the previous suit although with certain traces of the models used by the nobility, like the poncho that covers his shoulders, and that even today is still used, the quechquemitl. The hairstyle she wears is a typical Mexica hairstyle; the hair was long and dark, finished on the forehead with two protuberances or bows that remind us of truncated horns, and tied with a crimson ribbon. The design I have chosen for this representation is inspired by "La Chaqueta de Tlaloc", a garment that is preserved in the Museum of the Templo Mayor in Mexico City.
The 'Ksan Performance group re-enacting the story of the warrior chief Nehl'xt or 'Nekt at 'Ksan Historical Village. The story takes place at 'Battle Hill� near Gitwangak village. 'Nekt was an aggressive warrior and led many successful raids against neighbouring tribes. He is remembered and celebrated by the Gitxsan people as a powerful and great leader.
