​Indigenous Americas

​Art of the Indigenous Americas is among the world’s oldest artistic traditions. While its roots lie in northern Asia, it developed independently between c. 10,000 B.C.E. and 1492 C.E., which marked the beginning of the European invasions. Regions and cultures are referred to as the Indigenous Americas to signal the priority of First Nations cultural traditions over those of the colonizing and migrant peoples that have progressively taken over the American continents for the last 500 years. (College Board, AP Art History Curriculum Framework)

Art Sheets
Indigenous Americas  (Form, Fx, Context Chart)

Assignments

South America
1. Chavin de Huantar
       - plan
       - Lanzon Stela 
       - Relief sculpture
      - nose ornament
2. City Cusco
         - plan
         - Qorikancha
         - Walls at Saqsa Waman
3. Maize cobs
4. City of Machu Picchu
         - Observatory
         - Intihuatana Stone
5. All-T'oqapu tunic
6. Yaxchilan Structure 40
       - Yaxchilan Lintel 25, structure 23
       - Structure 33
7. Templo Mayor
        - Reconstruction
        - The Coyolxauhqui
        - The Calendar Stone
        - Olmec-style mask
8. Ruler's feather headdress (Motecuhzoma II?)

North America
9. Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
10. Serpent Mound
11. Transformation mask (closed and open)
12.  Bandolier bag
13. Painted elk hide
14. Black on black ceramic vessel

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NEw SPAIN

Art Sheets

15. Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza
16. Angel with Arquebus
17. Virgin of Guadalupe
18. Portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
19. Screen with Siege of Belgrade (biombos, enconchados)
20. Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo (casta painting, mestizo)