ART-1055 - The Art of Ancient Americas (3)

Students survey and explore the pre-Columbian world of art and architecture of ancient cultures from the Olmec through Aztec in Mesoamerica and Chavin to Inca in the Andean region of South America. The course compares commonalities and differences of these cultures, as well as how these advanced societies and their outstanding achievements in agriculture, engineering and mathematics are manifested in their great art and architecture.