ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS MAYA AZTEC INCA PAINTING The Maya

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS MAYA ● AZTEC ● INCA

PAINTING The Maya: • Used _________ and minerals to make paint • Mostly painted murals depicting _________ inside & outside their buildings • Use of ____________ was rare • ________ examples survive mural: a painting done on a ________

POTTERY The Maya: • Most of their _________ are preserved on pottery • Mostly red and black on _________ background; some periods featured more colour • Include __________, incense burners, bowls and storage vessels • Pottery for domestic uses made by women; items for ____________ uses made by men • Produced by hand without a ___________ • Featured geometric symbols, glyphs, animals, __________ and people • _________ pottery was similar in colour scheme and moulding technique

POTTERY The Inca: • Moulded by __________ • Decorated with mineral pigments in red, black, cream, brown, yellow, ________ and white • Mainly decorated with ______________, but sometimes included people, animals, birds & insects • Mainly vessels for liquids and _________

SCULPTURE The Maya: • Created from stone and __________ • Large-scale sculptures include stelae and building facades and mostly commemorate ________ • Most common were small-scale, portable _______ carvings that depicted rulers, gods and daily life The Aztec: • Produced more sculptures of high quality than predecessors, but admired _______ sculpture above their own • Carved ____________ works, but also smaller figurines (2 -3 cm long) • Popular subjects included animals, plants, _______, gods and human figures

METALLURGY The Inca: • Worked with copper, gold, silver, tin, _______ & platinum • Bronze favoured for utilitarian objects; gold & silver favoured for decorative objects & __________ • Produced metal ______, jewelry, figurines as offerings to the gods, drinking cups, etc. • Used ___________ method, which is inefficient • More interested in __________ than efficiency • Also made ________ sculptures lost wax method: make figure out of wax, encase in heat-resistant material, pour in molten metal, wax melts away, ________________ & reveal sculpture

MUSIC The Maya: • Main instruments were flutes, whistles, trumpets, maracas, _________ and drums • Played during rituals, hunting, _________ and ceremonies • Musicians played as ___________ • Made of wood, _________, reed, shell or clay The Aztec: • All __________ studied music at House of Song • Main instruments were drums, ________, flutes, horns and trumpets • Made of shells, wood, ________, stones

MUSIC The Inca: • Main instruments were flutes, panpipes and drums; also used _____________ and small bells • Made of wood, __________ and bone • Instruments often decorated with ______, silver and precious stones • Most common flute was the quena (made of cane that was open on both ends, no more than 8 ____________ stops) • Music played to prepare for ________ and celebrate victories and during festivals