Study Guide Art 5 Final Exam
South America
Pre-Colombian
Andes Mountains
Amazon
Chavin de Huantar
The Lanzon
Tello Obelisk
San Pedro Cactus
Raimondi Stele
Tenon Heads
Paracas Burials
Backstrap Loom
Paracas Textiles
Nazca Lines
Moche Pottery
Tumi Knife
Burial of Lord Sipan
Ear spools (also called earflares)
Inka (Inca)
Sapa Inka
Cuzco
Mita
Quipu
The god Inti
Inkan Stone Work
Corikancha (Temple of the Sun/ Temple of Gold)
Machu Picchu
Meso America
Olmec Were Jaguar
Olmec Kunz Axe
Olmec Colossal Head
Mayan calendar
Mayan hieroglyphs
Xibalba
Mayan Cranial Deformation
Ball game
Mayan Temple
Chichen Itza- El Castillo
Chacmool
Talud Tablero style
Codex
Aztec (Mexica)
Huitzilopochtl (god)
Tenochtitlan (Aztec Capital)
Coatlicue (goddess and statue found in Tenochtitlán)
North America
Pipe
Trail of Tears
Effigy Mound (East and SE)
City of Cahokia, Illinois (East and SE)
Chunkey (East and SE)
Transformation Masks (Pacific NW)
Totem Poles (Pacific NW)
Formline Style (Pacific NW)
Potlatch (Pacific NW)
Feathered War Bonnet (Great Plains)
War Shield (Great Plains)
Basketry and Beadwork (Great Plains)
Ghost Shirt (Great Plains)
Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde (SW)
Kiva (SW)
Kuchina Doll (SW)
Sand Painting (SW)
Hozho (SW)
Pow Wow (SW)
Cultural Appropriation
Essays follow…..
Choose ONE essay to respond to about South American Art Art:
Prepare at home, write (without notes or book) in class
1. Describe the Moche burial of Lord Sipan. What items are found in the burial and do they
symbolize?
2. Describe each of these features of Inkan culture- a. Mita, b. the layout of their capital Cuzco and
c. the Inkan stone work.
Choose ONE essay to respond to about Meso American Art:
Prepare at home, write (without notes or book) in class
1. Discuss the concept of human sacrifice and bloodletting in MesoAmerican culture. Why is it so
common? Name and describe one work of art that illustrates it.
2.
Fully describe the Stone of Five Suns or Aztec Calendar Stone of Tenochtitlán. Consider
materials, imagery and meaning.
Choose ONE essay to respond to about North American Art:
Prepare at home, write (without notes or book) in class
1. Define and describe what a kiva is to the Southwest Pueblo Indians.
2. How does the art of the Native Americans look visually? What are some of the art media
traditionally used? Pick one example we have seen in class to support your answer.
****For the final exam there is one extra essay that everyone MUST answer:
How do the European settlers justify removing the Native Americans from their land? How do they
represent Native Americans in artwork? Be sure to give visual descriptions and/or example artwork
references.
You should have written 4 essays in total.