Specific Artwork
When a figure is larger than another figure in a work to identify the larger figure as more significant or important.
What is hierarchy of scale/hierarchical scale?
animal symbolism or animal characteristics that starts with the letter Z.
What is zoological ?
This is a sacred object of the Ashanti people and no one can sit on it.
What is the Golden Stool ?
Ths is what we believe to be the main purpose of unstion of the Serpent Mound.
What is a visual recorder for astronomical events?
These people were ashlar masonary experts
Who were the Inkas
This garment symbolized power of the Sapa Inka
What is the All T'oqapue Tunic
An upright rock or sculpture usually used as a marker.
What is a Stele ?
This oject has pegs and used to help with community disputes and cure ailments.
What is the Power Figure from the Congo ?
These bags were made of beads and worn as a status symbol
What are Bandolier Bags?
This place located high on a mountain for the elite served on as a site to conduct adminstrative affairs and ceremonies
What is Mochu Picchu?
Hide of a Sundance Ritual by Costiago contains these visual characteristics
What is raw hide, natural pigments, figure, buffalo and stencils
The use of ambiguous shapes that can be interpreted as multiple depictions of different of different forms
What is Contour Rivalry?
Characteristics of the head masks of the Edo people of Benin
Large rings around the neck and crown
The black on black San Ildefonso pots from the 20th centeury were inspired by these
What are prehistoric pottery shards found in the Southwest?
This building is made of mud brick and needs to be replastered every year.
What is the Djenne Mosque ?
This Inkan work was made from thin sheets of metal and were placed, we believe, in rows to create an artificial garden to the Gods of Agriculture.
What were the Inkan Maize Cobs ?
Round architectural form dug in the ground for meetings
What is a Kiva
the Benin Wall Plaque from Oba's palace and the Ndop sculpture from the Kuba peoples have this in common.
What are both idealized representations of kings ?
The Coyolxauhqui image is a reminder to the people of the power and might of what culture of people?
Who are the Aztecs
The Ndop and Augustus of Prima Porta have this in common.
How are: Both attributed to their successful reigns as Kings ?
Type of stone construction where the stones were cut ans stacke together to a uniform shape, size and surface appearance.
What is ashlar masonary
This is a reliquary object for the Fang people and serves this purpose in a seated position
What are the guardians of ancestor remains ?
The Lintel of Lady Xoc from this culture shows how Royal woman were seen to have a connection between the human worls and the divine.
What was the Maya