The Lion of Chaeronea

Brazilian Landscape with a Worker's House, Frans Post, ca. 1655

Ceremonial mask (gold, copper, and paint) of the Sican (Lambayeque) culture, Peru. Artist unknown; ca. 900-1100. Now in the Dallas Museum of Art.

Palm Trees and Housetops, Ecuador, Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Ceramic seated figure of the Pre-Columbian Quimbaya civilization in what is now Colombia.  Artist unknown; 13th-15th century.  Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Inca gold figure.  Artist unknown; ca. 1450-1532.  Now in the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich, Germany.   

Woven mantle (camelid hair) of the Paracas culture, on the southern coast of present-day Peru.  Artist unknown; ca. 200 BCE - 200 CE.  Now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Photo credit: LACMA.

Wooden kero (beaker-shaped vessel) of the Huari or Tiwanaku culture, in the Andes Mountains of present-day Peru.  Artist unknown; ca. 600-800 CE.  Now in the De Young Museum, San Francisco.

Effigy vessel depicting a seated figure wearing a long tunic, of the Nasca (Nazca) culture of what is now Peru.  Artist unknown; ca. 1-650 CE (Early Intermediate).  Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.  Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.

One of a pair of Mayan painted earflares (ceramic buffware with black-brown paint) depicting deities’ heads in profile.  Artist unknown; 300-600 CE (Early Classic).  Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.  Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.

Painted double-spout-and-bridge jar of the Nasca (Nazca) culture, Peru.  Artist unknown; ca. 100-600 CE.  Now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Photo credit: LACMA.

Painted “dipper” vessel of the Recuay people of the north-central Andes, decorated with a monstrous creature (variously identified as a dragon or jaguar) representing the Moon.  Artist unknown; ca. 1-650 CE (Early Intermediate).  Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.  Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.

The Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church, 1859

Christ Child with Passion Symbols, unknown Peruvian artist, late 17th century

Tamaca Palms, Frederic Edwin Church, 1854