Visual Arts History 1040 Lecture : Mesoamerica
13 Jan 2012
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What is mesoamerica? y much of mexico and central america (guatemala, honduras, etc. ) y many cultures y central highlands: Culture y behaviour of patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and other products of human work and thought, as expressed by a particular community or period y culturally connected by: 260 day calendar and 365 day, domesticated crops of maize, New world often considered being behind old world with y domestication of crops and animals: between 7000-6000 bce first farming endeavours, 5000-2000 bce crops. Formal writing and recording of history y between 3150-2700 first hieroglyphs in egypt and cuneiform between. Olmec y shamanistic origins y mch based on myth and natural phenomena y relied on a cosmic diagram: axis mundi with cosmic levels and direction y two realms. Zoomorphic: humans and animal combinations or animal combinations. Human representations y facial features asian features. Jade (green stone): trade good made statues of it, type of currency y tied to kingship.
