Thursday, May 3, 2012

Native American art history #7

http://www.school.eb.com/all/eb/article-77679?query=north%20american%20art%20history&ct=eb
Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • most of Native American art had a purpose/service
  • Political and Militay use art for weaponry
  • The incas and Aztecs like to use art for religious purposes like ceremonies
  • Art was also a peace offering to calm an angry god
  • used ornamental materials like feather, shells and minerals 
  •  art has a significant meaning like a marrige
  • when tribal cultures blended so did the art styles

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