South And Mesoamerica

Write 2 paragraph response to this prompt. The essays on architectural models https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/armod/hd_armod.htm and Mayan sculptures https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mayas/hd_mayas.htm and painted ceramics https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mayac/hd_mayac.htm 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" https://smarthistory.org/king-menkaure-mycerinus-and-queen/ 2. Nilotic Cultures: From Ancient Egypt => "Queen Tiy" https://smarthistory.org/portrait-head-of-queen-tiye-with-a-crown-of-two-feathers/ 3. Nilotic Cultures: From Kingdoms of Kush (or Cush) => "Taharqa Sphinx" https://prezi.com/ptrxaxnwdvdb/the-sphinx-of-taharqa/ 4. Nok Cultures: From the region of Nigeria => "Female Figurine" http://ackland.emuseum.com/objects/3039/female-figure;jsessionid=58D930AEB541FB11094AA2D076B8EA59 5. Ife Cultures: From the region of southern Nigeria today => "Queen Mother of Oba Esigie" http://oer2go.org/mods/en-boundless/www.boundless.com/art-history/textbooks/boundless-art-history-textbook/africa-before-1800-ce-17/sculpture-of-the-sub-saharan-civilizations-115/ile-ife-and-benin-sculpture-503-5362/images/pendant-ivory-mask-of-queen-idia/index.html