Prekolumbijska rzeźba Meksyku i jej wpływ na moją twórczość

Abstract

The area of Central America in pre-Columbian times was a mosaic of peoples, languages and cultures. Over centuries it was inhabited by various tribes in mutual interaction, among which the major ones were Olmecs, Totonacs, Huastecs, Teoticuacan culture, Toltecs, Zapotecs, Aztecs and Maya. Some of these cultures found their best expression in sculpture introducing their own and new expressive means. Their art was most influential and indirectly affected my own creative output. That is especially visible in ceramic sculpture. Ceramics as a sculpting material was oldest and most widely used in Mexico. What some cultures left behind were only sculptures and pottery, and it was thanks to ceramics that we could gather knowledge about them.