Americas

22 flashcards · Other · by claire

  1. Title: Tlatilco female figurine Location: Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco Date: 1200-900 bce Medium: Ceramic

  2. Title: Chavín de Huántar Location: Northern highlands, Peru Culture: Chavín Date: 900-200 bce Medium: Stone, granite, hammered gold alloy

  3. Title: Yaxchilán Location: Chiapas, Mexico Culture: Maya Date: 725 ce Medium: Limestone

  4. Title: Templo Mayor (Main Temple) Location: Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City, Mexico) Culture: Mexica (Aztec) Date: 1375-1520 ce Medium: Stone, volcanic stone, jadeite, basalt

  5. Title: Ruler's feather headdress Culture: Mexica (Aztec) Date: 1428-1520 ce Medium: Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold

  6. Title: Great Serpent Mound Location: Adams County, southern Ohio Culture: Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands) Date: 1070 ce Medium: Earthwork/effigy mound

  7. Title: Mesa Verde cliff dwellings Location: Montezuma County, Colorado Culture: Ancestral Puebloan Date: 450-1300 ce Medium: Sandstone

  8. Title: Transformation mask Culture: Kwakwaka'wakw, Northwest coast of Canada Date: Late 19th century ce Medium: Wood, paint, and string

  9. Title: Black-on-black ceramic vessel Artists: Maria Martínez and Julian Martínez Culture: Tewa, Puebloan, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico Date: mid-20th century ce Medium: Blackware ceramics

  10. Title: City of Cusco Location: Central highlands, Peru Culture: Inka Date: 1440 ce convent added 1550-1650 ce Medium: Andesite

  11. Title: City of Machu Picchu Location: Central highlands, Peru Culture: Inka Date: 1450-1540 ce Medium: Granite

  12. Title: Maize cobs Culture: Inka Date: 1440-1533 ce Medium: Sheet metal/repoussé, metal alloys

  13. Title: All-T'oqapu tunic Culture: Inka Date: 1450-1540 ce Medium: Camelid fiber and cotton

  14. Title: Las Meninas Artist: Diego Velázquez Date: 1656 ce Medium: Oil on canvas

  15. Title: Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo Artist: Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez Date: 1715 ce Medium: Oil on canvas

  16. Title: Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Artist: Miguel Cabrera Date: 1750 ce Medium: Oil on canvas

  17. Title: Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza Artist: Viceroyalty of New Spain Date: 1541-1542 ce Medium: Ink and color on paper

  18. Title: The Virgin of Guadalupe Artist: Miguel González Date: 1698 ce Medium: Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl

  19. Title: Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene Artist: Circle of the González Family Date: 1697-1701 ce Medium: Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay

  20. Title: Angel with Arquebus Artist: Master of Calamarca (La Paz School) Date: 17th century ce Medium: Oil on canvas

  21. Title: Bandolier bag Culture: Lenape Date: 1850 ce Medium: Beadwork on leather

  22. Title: Painted elk hide Artist: Attributed to Cotsiogo Culture: Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming Date: 1890-1900 ce Medium: Painted elk hide