Pre-columbian art

Pre-Columbian Art

During the early years of the colonization of the Americas, Europeans
were confronted with flourishing civilizations that revealed a very advanced level of cultural development.

See Pre-Columbian art, American Indian art, American Colonial art, African American art, Hudson River school, Realism and realism, Luminism, American Impressionism, Ten American Painters, The Eight, Ashcan school, Synchromism, Art Deco, ...

See also: Sculpture of the United States, Pre-Columbian art, Northwest Coast art, and Inuit art ...

The Art of the Americas Building, whose entrance accomodates Robert Graham's soaring bronze sculpture Retrospective Column (1981-1986), contains American, Latin American and pre-Columbian art, ...

Such arts were already highly developed in the ancient civilizations flourishing before the conquest of Cortés. For the artistic achievements of the Aztec, the Maya, and other native cultures, see pre-Columbian art and architecture.

Also see Aegean art, American Indian art, Chinese art, civilization, Cycladic art, Egyptian art, Etruscan art, excavate, Greek art, interdisciplinary, Japanese art, Meroitic art, Pre-Columbian art, Roman art, science and art, and tradition.

See also: Painting, Pre-columbian, Sculpture, Roman, Expression