ARH 4655
Meso American Art - Syllabus

 1. Introduction: Overview, Syllabus, Requirements, Theoretical Approaches: Art Historical,
    Anthropological, Folklore.

 

 2. MesoAmerican calendars: ritual, solar, long count.

 

 3. Olmec Arts, at San Lorenzo, La Venta, Tree Zapotes.

 

 4. Arts of West Mexico: Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, Jalisco

 

 5. Teotihuacan Arts: Pyramid of the Moon, Pyramid of the Sun,Temple of Quetzalcoatl, etc.

 

 6. Quiz # 1, on the arts of the Olmec, West Mexico, and Teotihuacan.

 

 7. Zapotec and Mixtec Arts, of Monte Alban, Mitla, codices; Huastec Arts of Veracruz.

 

 8. Maya Architecture and sculpture at Copan, Palenque, Tikal, Tulum, Uxmal.

 

 9. Field Trip to see MesoAmerican Arts.

 

10. Maya Painting, at Bonamak, on vases, in codices Dresden, Paris & Madrid.

 

11. Quiz # 2, on the arts of the Zapotec, Mixtec, and Maya.

 

12. Toltec arts, at Tula, and Chichen-Itza.

 

13. Aztec arts, at Tenochtitlan.

 

14. Review 40 slides, student presentations.

 

15. Final, on the arts of the Toltec and the Aztec.