INDIGENOUS ARTS OF THE AMERICAS

Catalog description

Survey of the indigenous artistic traditions of Meso, Central, and South America extending from Mexico through Peru from circa 1000 BC to the Conquest. Addresses historical and contemporary cultures of the Western hemisphere (pre-Columbian) from a historical and ethnographic context, examining the formal elements of painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, and textiles in the context of native socio-political systems and religious beliefs. Field trips may be required.