Unit 5, Art of the Indigenous Americas

Ap art hist.

Chavin De Huantar

Stone and Granite

Peru

2 main building phases; old temple, new temple
- Religious capital

Lanzon (spear) stone

In the old temple of the Chavin de Huantar

Stone, granite, resembles the digging stick. Both human and animal features

Contour Rivalry

Optical illusion where two imnages share parts/outlines. Adds complexity and hidden meaning

Chavin

Mayan

Yaxhilan

Mexico

Limestomne

knwon for numerous carved stones that narrate events of local history, depict dieties, and praise accomplishments of rulers

Structure 40

Dedicated to ruler bird Jaguar IV, has relif sculptures of the ruler and his family towering over enemies. rOOF ORNAMENTATION IS INTACT, DOORS LEAD TO SINGLE CORBLED ARCH

Structure 33

Roof comb with holes. SCulpted human figure at the center, bird jaguar and his descendents in royal regalia, defeating their enemies in ballgame.

Lintel, strucure 23

Originally set above a doorway

mayan

mayan

mayan

Mesa Verde cliff dwllings

Ancestral puebloans

Sandstone

Great serprent mound

Earthwork

Ancestral Puebloans

Aztec

Templo Mayor

stone

Mexico

Aztec

Calendar stone

Olmec style mask

Aztec, made by the olmec people

Jade

Cotolxauhqui

Aztec

Volcanic stone

Aztec

Ruler’s feather headdress

feathers, gold

incan

Maize cobs

Sheet metal, gold, silver alloys

City of cuzco

Incan

Andesite

Machu Picchu

Incan

Granite

Incan

All t’oqapu Tunic

Camelid Fiber, cotton

t’oqaqu: small square that make up the composition of the piece

Native

Bandolier bag, Lenape

beadwork on leather

object of prestiege and identity, worn by men, made by women

Native

Transformation mask

Wood, paint, string

native

Hide painting of a sun dance

Cadzi cody

Elk hide

Native

Black on black ceramic vessel, puebloan

Blackware ceramic