Maori and the sublime

http://www.romeartlover.it/Ceiling.html

I had a family reunion on the weekend and unveiled a carving my cousins and I had created with master carver James York. In my essay for theory I looked at the links between theories of the sublime in comparison to Toi Whakairo (the art of Maori carving). I came up with 2 links,the first in myth. Ngati Porou carving was retreived from the sea from Tangaroa's (god of the sea) magical whare (house) and this was similar to the theories of Giovanni Bellori's "idea" that art came from divine sources, the second that Baroque church ceilings were in effect the same as the whare whakairo (carved houses) due to their apparent movement, immersive environment and sublime effect upon the veiwer.