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Question: Describe and Discuss the sculptures, Moai Statues, the monolithic monumental stone glyptics, on a hillside at Easter Island, in the Polynesian Islands which is a Chilean territory, Figure 3.18. Give a brief statement on Mount Rushmore though not in the time period here.

Things to consider:

-period of time when constructed

-geographic location

-where the materials came from, i.e., were the stones indigenous to the area? What is 'indigenous'?

-what is 'monolithic'

-what is 'glyptic'?

-The Principles and Elements of Art such as: mass and form as well as other art terms such as Geometric and Abstract

-what was the function or purpose of these monumental statues?

-to you, are these faces inviting or off-putting? Why?