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ACTIVITIES Art • Technology • Geometry Research to find artists who have used outlines of animals in their work such as M.C. Escher. Look for other artists that may have created earthworks as an art form. Create an image gallery of artists work on a webpage or using PowerPoint. As an example look at the following website to see how the artist, mathematician Antonio Gutierrez has created puzzles by using the ancient art of Peru. Geometry Step by Step from the Land of the Inca Art Have students draw an animal that has special significance to him/her. Make the drawing of the animal using simple geometric shapes to abstract and simplify the animal. Using a grid system enlarge their design to ten times the original size. Discuss how the student’s drawings are similar to Nasca lines. TEXTBOOKS Unwrapping Ancient Mysteries Invitations to Literacy Level 6 Theme 3 Houghton Mifflin 2001 Discover Our Heritage The Ancient Americas Level 7 Chapter 6 Houghton Mifflin 2001 RESOURCES Aveni, Anthony F. Between the Lines: The Mystery of the Giant Ground Drawings of Ancient Nasca, Peru. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. 2000. Aveni, Anthony F. Eighth Wonder of the World? London: The British Museum Press 2000. Barbier, Jean Paul. A Guide to Pre- Columbian Art. New York, New York: Abbeville Publishing Company. 1999. Lumbreras, L. G. The Peoples and Cultures of Ancient Peru. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. 1976. Pritchard, Chris. The Changing Shape of Geometry: Celebrating a Century of Geometry and Geometry Teaching. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press. 2003 Silverman, Helaine and Donald A. Proulx. The Nasca. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers Inc. 2002. Stone-Miller, Rebecca. Art of the Andes from Chavin to Inca. New York, New York: Thames and Hudson. 2002. Townsend, Richard F. The Ancient Americas: Art From Sacred Landscapes. Chicago, Illinois: The Art Institute of Chicago. 1992. INTERNET LINKS Geometry Step by Step From the Land of the Inca http://agutie.homestead.com/files/index.ht ml Solving the Mystery of the Nasca Lines http://www.archaeology.org/0005/abstract s/nasca.html

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ACTIVITIES

Art • Technology • GeometryResearch to find artists who have usedoutlines of animals in their work such asM.C. Escher. Look for other artists thatmay have created earthworks as an artform. Create an image gallery of artistswork on a webpage or using PowerPoint.As an example look at the followingwebsite to see how the artist,mathematician Antonio Gutierrez hascreated puzzles by using the ancient art ofPeru.

Geometry Step by Step from the Land ofthe Inca

ArtHave students draw an animal that hasspecial significance to him/her. Make thedrawing of the animal using simplegeometric shapes to abstract and simplifythe animal. Using a grid system enlargetheir design to ten times the original size.Discuss how the student’s drawings aresimilar to Nasca lines.

TEXTBOOKS

Unwrapping Ancient Mysteries Invitations to Literacy Level 6 Theme 3 Houghton Mifflin 2001Discover Our Heritage The Ancient Americas Level 7 Chapter 6 Houghton Mifflin 2001

RESOURCES

Aveni, Anthony F. Between the Lines: TheMystery of the Giant Ground Drawings ofAncient Nasca, Peru. Austin, Texas:University of Texas Press. 2000.

Aveni, Anthony F. Eighth Wonder of theWorld? London: The British Museum Press2000.

Barbier, Jean Paul. A Guide to Pre-Columbian Art. New York, New York:Abbeville Publishing Company. 1999.

Lumbreras, L. G. The Peoples and Culturesof Ancient Peru. Washington: SmithsonianInstitution Press. 1976.

Pritchard, Chris. The Changing Shape ofGeometry: Celebrating a Century ofGeometry and Geometry Teaching. NewYork, New York: Cambridge UniversityPress. 2003

Silverman, Helaine and Donald A. Proulx.The Nasca. Malden, Massachusetts:Blackwell Publishers Inc. 2002.

Stone-Miller, Rebecca. Art of the Andesfrom Chavin to Inca. New York, New York:Thames and Hudson. 2002.

Townsend, Richard F. The AncientAmericas: Art From Sacred Landscapes.Chicago, Illinois: The Art Institute ofChicago. 1992.

INTERNET LINKS

Geometry Step by Step From the Landof the Incahttp://agutie.homestead.com/files/index.htmlSolving the Mystery of the Nasca Lineshttp://www.archaeology.org/0005/abstracts/nasca.html

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