South and Mesoamerica

Write 2 paragraph response to this prompt. The essays on architectural

models and Mayan sculptures and painted ceramics survey a variety of

cultures from across South and Mesoamerica. Describe some of the

purposes of art within these cultures. Compare these purposes to the aims

of the art of the other non-Western cultures that we have studied this

semester. How are they different, if at all, and how similar?

Non-western cultures we studied this semester include:

1. Nilotic Cultures: From Ancient Egypt => "Menkaure and

Khamerernebty"

2. Nilotic Cultures: From Ancient Egypt => "Queen Tiy"

3. Nilotic Cultures: From Kingdoms of Kush (or Cush) => "Taharqa Sphinx"

4. Nok Cultures: From the region of Nigeria => "Female Figurine"

5. Ife Cultures: From the region of southern Nigeria today => "Queen

Mother of Oba Esigie"