Latin American Arts & Cultures

Dorothy Chaplik

Davis Publications, 2001 - Art - 122 pages

Introduce young people to this fascinating region, and spur their creativity. Filled with color photos that present the paintings, peoples, marketplaces, celebrations, landscapes, and architecture of countries from Mexico to Chile, it will fire youngsters' imaginations. Students can coil Nazca pottery, build a Mayan temple from clay, paint marvelous masks on paper bags--and more. "An invaluable resource."--Booklist.

Contents

• Preface: 1
• Early Cultures in South America: 11
• ART AND RELIGION: 20
• BUILT TO LAST: 26
• A LOVE OF COLOR: 60
• EVERYDAY LIFE IN: 88
• painting ceramic pieces For more on Latin: 95
• THE MODERN WORLD: 104
• Resources: 114
• Index: 120

Bibliographic information

• Title: Latin American Arts & Cultures; Davis arts & cultures series; Resource Bks
• Author: Dorothy Chaplik
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Davis Publications, 2001
• ISBN: 0871925478, 9780871925473
• Length: 122 pages
• Subjects: Art / Caribbean & Latin American; Art / General; Art / History / General; Art / Indigenous Art of the Americas; Juvenile Nonfiction / Art / History; Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America; Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States / Native American; Social Science / Archaeology