Compare these purposes to the aims of the art of the other non-Western cultures that we have studied this semester.

Write 2 paragraph response to this prompt. The essays on architectural
models and Mayan sculptures and painted ceramics survey a variety of
cultures from across South and Mesoamerica. Describe some of the
purposes of art within these cultures. Compare these purposes to the aims
of the art of the other non-Western cultures that we have studied this
semester. How are they different, if at all, and how similar?
Non-western cultures we studied this semester include:

1. Nilotic Cultures: From Ancient Egypt => “Menkaure and
   Khamerernebty”
2. Nilotic Cultures: From Ancient Egypt => “Queen Tiy”
3. Nilotic Cultures: From Kingdoms of Kush (or Cush) => “Taharqa Sphinx”
4. Nok Cultures: From the region of Nigeria => “Female Figurine”
5. Ife Cultures: From the region of southern Nigeria today => “Queen
   Mother of Oba Esigie”