A Look Into American Indian Art, Pre-Columbian Art

Book excerpt: The art of ancient civilisations and traditional folk cultures have been eternally deemed as classics. The concept of the World Culture Art Series is to introduce to the participants, the value of the artistic creations found across the globe.Aspects of these art elements are to help broaden the creative minds of individuals.The images selected in this series include mythical creatures, patterns, abstract styles, and so much more. These pictures are from various sculptures, paintings, friezes, bas-reliefs, potteries, masks etc., and have been simplified for the project. Each image includes a brief footnote about its rich history behind it.There are five volumes in this series from ten different cultures: African Art and Oceanic Art (Vol. 1), American Indian Art and Pre-Columbian Art (Vol. 2), Egyptian Art and Phoenician Art (Vol. 3), Indian Art and Cambodian Art (Vol. 4), Chinese Art and Babylonian Art (Vol. 5).