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[https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/collections/2440/art-of-the-americas by EMORY] | [https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/collections/2440/art-of-the-americas by EMORY] | ||
The museum's collection of art of the Americas consists of more than 3,300 pieces from North, Central, and South America, from ancient to contemporary art, spanning 4,000 years. For the cultures of ancient Latin America, the museum’s holdings cover three major cultural centers, Mesoamerica, Lower Central America, and the Andes and include a range of media such as textiles (including khipus, used for Inka record-keeping), ceramics, wooden sculptures, and metalwork. | The museum's collection of art of the Americas consists of more than 3,300 pieces from North, Central, and South America, from ancient to contemporary art, spanning 4,000 years. For the cultures of ancient Latin America, the museum’s holdings cover three major cultural centers, Mesoamerica, Lower Central America, and the Andes and include a range of media such as textiles (including khipus, used for Inka record-keeping), ceramics, wooden sculptures, and metalwork. | ||
=====Introduction to Art History I===== | |||
[https://pressbooks.pub/art100/chapter/art-of-the-americas/ by PRESSBOOKS] | |||
The Spanish conquistadores (conquerors) found that the “New World” was in fact not new at all, and that the indigenous people of Mesoamerica had established advanced civilizations with densely populated cities and towering architectural monuments such as at Teōtīhuacān, as well as advanced writing systems. | |||
