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Art of the Americas Flashcards

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“Great Pyramid & Ball Court, La Venta”

c. 900-600 BCE

Architecture

Unknown Artist

American Art

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“Colossal Head #4, La Venta”

c. 900 BCE

Basalt

Unknown Artist

American Art

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“Ceremonial City of Teotihuacan”

c. 500 CE

Architecture

Unknown Artist

American Art

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“Temple of the Feathered Serpent”

c. 250 CE

Architecture

Unknown Artist

American Art

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“Maguey Bloodletting Ritual”

c. 600-750 CE

Fresco

Unknown Artist

American Artist

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“Palace” and Temple, Palenque”

c. 600-900 CE

Architecture

Unknown Artist

American Art

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“Sarcophagus Lid of Lord Pacal”

c. 683 CE

Limestone

Unknown Artist

American Artist

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“Portrait of Lord Pacal”

c. 650 CE

Stucco & red paint

Unknown Artist

American Art

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“Paracas Mantle with Bird Impersonators”

c. 50-100 CE

Camelid fiber, dye

Unknown Artist

American Art

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“Nazca Hummingbird Geoglyph”

c. 200 BCE-200 CE

Earthwork

Unknown Artist

American Artist

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“Moche Lord”

c. 100 BCE-500 CE

Terracotta

Unknown Artist

American Art

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“Beaver Platform Pipe”

c. 100-200 CE

Pipestone, pearl, bone

Unknown Artist

American Art

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“Great Serpent Mound”

c. 1070 CE

Earthwork

Unknown Artist

American Art

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“Cohokia”

c. 1150 CE

Architecture

Unknown Artist

American Art

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“Seed Jar”

c. 1150 CE

Terracotta

Unknown Artist

American Art

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“Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon”

c. 900-1250 CE

Architecture

Unknown Artist

American Art

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Shaman

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Priest or Priestess of a religion

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Shamanism

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religion in the Americas that is mostly animus

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Quetzalcoatl

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Aztec god has important role with kings, feathered serpent god

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Talüd - Tablero

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Slope-panel, faceting of the walls of a pyramid, vertical element with a diagonal element stacked on top of each other

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Tallac

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Water god

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Roof Comb

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Feature of architecture - Slopped roof with 5 openings creating a “tomb”, Typical maya form

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Geoglyph

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Earth drawing

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