Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 12e

Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 12e Chapter 14 From Alaska to the Andes: Native Arts of the Americas Before 1300

The Americas

Mesoamerica

Andean Region of South America

North America

Understand the early history of peoples in the Americas in Paleolithic and Neolithic lifestyles. Identify the various Mesoamerican cultures, their chronology, geographic locations. Explore the common threads in styles, form, and media throughout Mesoamerican art. Examine the cultural commonalities of the various Mesoamerican cultures. Explore the visual qualities and media of the early pre-Inka South American cultures. Explore the visual qualities and media of the early native North American cultures. Goals

Understand the early history of peoples in the Americas in Paleolithic and Neolithic lifestyles. Identify the various Mesoamerican cultures, their chronology, geographic locations. Examine the social and religious purposes of art and architecture in preclassic Mesoamerican cultures. 14.1 Mesoamerican Preclassic Art

Examine the form, media, and possible purposes of the sculpture of the Olmec. Examine the sculpture of the early West Mexican cultures. Preclassic Olmec and West Mexico

Examine origins and development of Mesoamerican urban planning, architectural sculpture and wall painting. Explore the pyramid-plaza architecture at Teotihuacan. Preclassic Architecture

Examine the Maya urban and religious architectural complexes. Understand the nature of the Ball Court architecture and its spread throughout the Americas. The Classic Culture:Ball Courts and Temples

Examine the sculpture – particularly the human form – in small scale, relief, and in a variety of media. Understand the purpose and function of Classic period sculpture. Sculpture of the Classic Period

Examine the style and materials of Maya wall painting at Bonampak. Examine the narrative style of Maya vase painting. Maya Mural and Vase Painting

Examine the decline of the Classic Maya civilization and the rise of the Toltecs. Understand the changes in art and architecture in the Post Classic period. 14.3 The Post Classic Period

Examine the decline of the Classic Maya civilization and the rise of the Toltecs. Understand the changes in art and architecture in the Post Classic period. Toltec and Maya-Toltec Art

Identify the various pre-Inka cultures in South America, their chronology and characteristic art and architecture forms. Examine the particular linear quality of Nazca pottery and earth drawings. Examine the art materials and methods used such as in weaving, pottery and metal work. 14.4 South American Early Cultures

Examine the purpose and style of weaving of the Paracas cultures. Examine the particular linear quality of Nazca pottery and earth drawings. The Paracas and Nazca Cultures

Understand the imagery and style, materials and methods used in Andean weaving. Examine the sculptural quality in the distinctive pottery of the Moche. Compare the art of the Moche with other South American cultures. Andean Art Objects

Identify the early native North American cultures, their distinctive art forms, materials, and subject matter. Examine the unique pottery and painted designs of the American Southwest cultures. Explore the purposes and mythology of the pre-Puebloan Anasazi and the complex structures the built. 14.5 North American Eskimo, Midwest, and Southwestern Art

Examine the artistic objects and themes of the Adena and Mississippian cultures. Native North American Art

What stylistic qualities do you see as a common thread in Mesoamerican art? • How is the architecture of the Mesoamerican pyramid-plaza complexes similar? • What was the function of fine textiles and pottery in the Andean cultures? • What do you speculate are the purposes of the South American Nasca drawings and the Serpent Mounds of North America? Could they share a common and general ideology? • Many people collect Native American art today. To what factors do you attribute this popularity? Discussion Questions

Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, 12e