Assignments: By Thursday, November 15th, read pages 381-393 in text, Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 12th Edition By Friday, November 16th, read pages 394-406 in text, Gardner’s Art through the Ages, 12th Edition Open Book Quiz on Chapters 13/14 on
From Alaska to the Andes:
Native Arts of the Americas
before 1300
Figure #
Caption
File
Maps
Maps of:
(a) The Americas
(b) Mesoamerica
(c) Andean region of South America
(d) North America
a b c d
14-01
Colossal head, Olmec, La Venta, Mexico, 900-400 BCE. Basalt, 9'4" high. Museo-Parque La Venta, Villahermosa.
14-02
Ceremonial ax in the form of a jaguar-human, Olmec, from La Venta, Mexico, 900-400 BCE. Jadeite, 11 1/2" high. British Museum, London.
14-03
Seated figure with raised arms, from Colima, Mexico, ca. 200 BCE-250 CE. Clay with orange and red slip, 1'1" high. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles.
14-04
Aerial view of Teotihuacán (from the north), Valley of Mexico, Mexico. Pyramid of the Moon (foreground), Pyramid of the Sun (top left), and the Citadel (background), all connected by the Avenue of the Dead; main structures ca. 50-200 CE; site ca. 100 BCE-750 CE.
