Description
[Ancient/Medieval; G/C] This course examines the arts, architecture, and material culture produced in the territories of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, from ca. 1100 BCE to 1600. Organized chronologically, this course analyses artistic techniques and local concepts of value related to the production and use of mosaics, textiles, ceramics, lapidary sculpture and architecture, and feather- and metalwork. The focus will be on cultures of the pre-Hispanic period, including Chavín de Huantar, Paracas, Tiwanaku, and Inka, among others.