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A. Colossal Head
B. Olmec
C. c. 1000 BC
D. Basalt
E. Diety or leader
F. Naturalistic, monumental
G. from San Lorenzo, Veracruz, Mexico.
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A. Seated Jaguar
B. Olmec
C. c. around 1000 BC
D. Basalt
E. Rain god / Water diety
F. Animorphic, symmetrical, simplistic features
G. from San Lorenzo, Veracruz, Mexico.
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A. View of Pyramid of the Sun
B. Teotihuacan
C. c. around 400
D. Rubble-clay filled, Stone
E. Diety or leader
F. Talud-tablero architecture, symmetrical
G. Teotihuacan
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A. (facade detail) Temple of Feathered Serpent
B. Teotihuacan
C. c. before 300
D. Painted relief stone
E. Rain God / Feathered Serpent
F. frontally carved, geometric, repeating patterns
G. Teotihuacan
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A. Goddess of the Moon (Coyolxauhqui)
B. Aztec
C. 15th Century
D. Volcanic stone
E. Dismembered Goddess
F. Shallow relief, circular motion and composition
G. from Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan, Mexico.
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A. Eagle Warrior
B. Aztec
C. 15th Century
D. Terra cotta
E. Nobleman elite warrior dressed as eagle
F. Naturalistic, smaller than life-size
G. from Precinct of Eagles, Templo Mayor.
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A. Leiden Plate
B. Maya
C. 320
D. Jade
E. Jade Stele, Front: Early Maya ruler | Back: Long-count glyphs, year 320.
F. Surface etching, highly symbolic and vertically composed.
G. Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden.
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A. Stele 31
B. Maya
C. c. 445
D. Basalt
E. Warrior with Tlaloc shield
F. Shallow relief, decorated warrior symbolic for protection.
G. from Tikal, Guatemala, Maya.
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A. Temple 1
B. Maya
C. before 800
D. Stone
E. Temple of the Jaguar, elevated ceremonial complex.
F. Symmetrical corbel-vaulted stepped pyramid, with roof comb.
G. Tikal, Guatemala, Maya.
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A. Ball Court at Copan
B. Maya
C. c. 800
D. Stone
E. A ballcourt where games would be held for nobles and spectators.
F. Symmetrical architecture
G. Copan, Honduras, Maya.
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A. Caracol, (L) Temple of the Warriors, (R) Castillo
B. Maya
C. 9th-13th Centuries
D. Stone
E. Circular temple, stepped pyramid, corbeled castillo (of Kukulcan)
F. Varried styles for each century.
G. Chichen Itza, Mexico.
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A. Chacmool
B. Maya
C. 9th-13th Centuries
D. Stone
E. Fallen warrior with plate for sacrifice offerings
F. Representative, unnaturalistic but proportional to near-life size.
G. Chichen Itza, Mexico.
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A. Vessel (fish, feline, human)
B. Nasca
C. c. around 150
D. Slip-painted ceramic
E. Slip-painted with mineral pigments, black outlines.
F. Color-filled shapes, highly simplified-stylized.
G. Nasca, Peru.
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A. Moche ruler portrait
B. Moche
C. around 450
D. Terra cotta
E. Distinctive ceremonial vessel of a Moche ruler.
F. Organic naturalistic style head with eagle ornament.
G. Lima, Peru.
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A. Sun Gate
B. Tiwanaku
C. around 600
D. Stone
E. Ceremonial gate of the sun, cosmically aligned.
F. Heavy monumental size blocks, carved, with tenoned carvings.
G. Tiwanaku, Bolivia.
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A. Tunic (detail)
B. Wari
C. 600-1000
D. Cotton & camelid wool
E. Tapestry of highly abstracted imagery for an encoded meaning.
F. Compression and expansion of abstract symbols in a back and forth - side to side fashion.
G. Currently at Metro Museum of Art, New York.
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A. (view) Machu Picchu
B. Inka
C. 15th-16th Centuries
D. coursed ashlar blocks laid without mortar
E. Architecture was highest expression of art and political power. Iconography not targeted toward gods, but toward themselves.
F. Terraced and built to echo the landscape with large stones.
G. near Cuzco, Peru.
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