NATIVE ARTS OF THE AMERICAS, 1300 TO 1980

Blanca Chen

MESOAMERICA

MESOAMERICA

• Mixteca-Puebla (Mixtec)

• Aztec

The Foundation of Tenochtitlan, folio 2 recto of the Codex Mendoza, from Mexico city, Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1540 -1542. Ink and color on paper

Mictlantecuhtli and Quetzalcoatl, folio 56 of the Borgia Codex, possibly from Puebla or Tlaxcala, Mexico, Mixteca-Puebla, ca. 1400 – 1500. Mineral and vegetable pigments on deerskin

Reconstruction drawing with cutaway view of various rebuildings of the Great Temple, Tenochtitlan, Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1400 -1500.

Archeological site of Templo Mayor or Great Temple, Tenochtitlan, Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1400 -1500.

Coyolxauhqui, from the Great Temple of Tenochtiltlan, Mexico City, Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1469. Stone

Tlaltecuhtli (Earth Lord), from the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan, Mexico City, Mexico, Aztec, 1502. Andesite painted with mineral colors

Coatlicue, from Tenochtitlan, Mexico City, Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1487 -1520. Andesite

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

• Inca

Machu Picchu (looking northwest), Peru, Inca, 15th century

Remains of the Temple f the Sun (surmounted by the church of Santo Domingo), Cuzco, Peru, Inca, 15th century (General View of the exterior)

Remains of the Temple f the Sun (surmounted by the church of Santo Domingo), Cuzco, Peru, Inca, 15th century (Interior masonry)

Inca llama, alpaca, and woman, ca. 1475 -1532

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

• Southwest

• Northwest Coast and Alaska

• Great Plains

Detail of a kiva mural from Kuaua Pueblo (Coronado State Monument), New Mexico, Ancestral Puebloan, late 15th century to early 16th century. Interior of the kiva

Otto Pentewa, Katsina figurine, New Oraibi, Arizona, Hopi, carved before 1959. Cottonwood root and feathers

Maria Montoya Martinez, jar, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, ca. 1939. Blackware

Eagle transformation mask, closed (top) and open (bottom) views, Alert Bay, Canada, Kwakiutl, late 19th century. Wood, feathers, and string

War Helmet mask, Canada, Tlingit, collected 1888 -1893. Wood

Bill Reid (Haida), assisted by Doug Cranner (Namgis), re-created of a 19th-century Haida village with totem poles, Queen Charlotte Island, Canada, 1962

Bill Reid, The Raven and the First Men, 1978 – 1980, wood

Chilkat blanket with stylized animal motifs, Canada, Tlingit, early 20th century. Mountain goat wool and cedar bark

Mask, Alaska, Yupik Eskimo, early 20th century. Wood and feathers

Mandan Buffalo-hide robe, ca. 1800

Karl Bodmer, Hidatsa Warrior Pehriska –Ruhpa (Two Ravens), 1833. Engraving by Paul Legrand after the original water color in the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha

Honoring song at painted tipi, in Julian Scott Ledger, Kiowa, 1880. Pencil, ink, and colored pencil

Quiz

1. The story and disk of Coyolxauhqui symbolizes:a) Death b) Triumph c) Sacrifice

2. A superimposition structure is:a) Has many levels b) Has complex floor plansc) Has many layers of shells

3. Masks in Northwest Coast Native American culture are used for:

a)healing rituals b) dramatic performances c) both a & b d) none the above

Quiz

4. The Inca Temple of the Sun was built of what technique?

5. What are “eye dazzlers”?