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Art of South America
Art of the Aztecs, Mayans and Incas
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Ancient Cultures
• Ancient cultures all created art work but their view of art was different from ours.
• Most artists created functional pieces of pottery and clothing. These were decorated with many different images.
• The more highly decorated the art, the more important or prominent the owner.
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Similarities
• Ancient South American Art was created to decorate homes, palaces or temples. Much like the art of Europe.
• Their architecture was more crude and not as lavish as the Europeans but the South American cultures built highly decorated temples which were designed to be earthquake proof.
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South American Architecture
• Temples and palaces used a pyramid design. Which adds strength because of the large base.
• They used interlocking stones to create strength.
• The buildings had four sides with one or more sides fitted with immense stairways.
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Sculpture
• The sculpture of the South American cultures were ceremonial, with heads or full figures of gods carved in low or high relief.
• Often, human or animal forms became highly stylized.
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Ceramics• Ceramics were a
significant product of all South American cultures.
• All the pottery was hand-built.
• Typically, pottery was made for use in rituals and burials.
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Fabrics
• Fabrics of cotton, wool, feathers or strips of hide were produced.
• Weaving traditions date back to at least1500 BC
• The fabrics usually contained stylized figures of humans and animals. The artist also used many geometric patterns.