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Frontispiece, Codex Mendoza, Viceroyalty of New Spain, c. 1541–1542, pigment on paper

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Early Europe and Colonial Americas 200-1750 C.E.

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To recreate this artwork, I took an old diary and flipped to an empty page. I copied the scripture to the best of my ability and included the images and scenarios on the right side of the artwork. I also included the correct colors.

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I chose this piece because of my fascination with the Aztec Empire. After I learned about them in middle school, I was so interested in their rituals, scriptures, and culture. The Codex Mendoza was created just 20 years after the conquest of Mexico by Spanish forces, meaning that the creators were able to provide information about the pre-conquest Aztec Empire. De Mendoza meant the codex to be a gift for Emperor Charles V of Spain to provide him with information about his new subjects. This incredible piece gives me more insight into the Aztec Empire.

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Seated Scribe​, c. 2500 B.C.E., c. 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, painted limestone with rock crystal, magnesite, and copper/arsenic inlay for the eyes and wood for the nipples, found in Saqqara

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Ancient Mediterranean | 3,500 B.C.E.–300 C.E.

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To recreate this piece, I know I wanted to do a live portrait so I thought my mom would be perfect for this. She also likes looking at scribe portraits so this was perfect. I mimicked the hand formations of the scribe in the artwork and his posture.

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I am Hindu and in our religion, we also have many portraits and sculptures of scribes in relation to the afterlife, so after seeing this piece I became interested in the similarities between the cultures and religion.

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Audience Hall Apadana, Persepolis (Fars, Iran), c. 520–465 B.C.E. Limestone, Mud-Brick

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Ancient Mediterranean | 3,500 B.C.E.–300 C.E.

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My mom owns an event decorating business so I knew she had pretty pillars I could use for this recreation. The reconstruction of the Audience Hall is more of a grouped together version of the pillars so I grouped the pillars that I had together.

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I chose this work because I think it is interesting how it has gone through two rules in regards to it being built.  It belongs to the oldest building phase of the city of Persepolis, in the first half of the 6th century BC, as part of the original design by Darius the Great. Its construction was completed by Xerxes I. Its history is quite interesting.

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Female Figure Nukuoro, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, wood, 18th to 19th century, 40.2cm

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The Pacific | 700–1980 C.E.

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I saw this figure and remembered I had a kit to build a wooden stick figure so this was a perfect choice. I assembled the face, body, hands, and legs of the figure onto a metal rod and then painted the figure a dark yellow to look a little more shiny

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I chose this artwork because I thought the significance of these deities was interesting. They were placed in temples and decorated with loom-woven bands, fine mats, feathers, paint or headdresses. The rituals with these figures marked the beginning of the harvesting of two kinds of taro, breadfruit, arrowroot, banana, sugar cane, pandanus and coconuts. During the festivities—which could last several weeks—the harvested fruits and food offerings were brought to the wooden sculptures, male and female dances were performed and women were tattooed. Any weathered and rotten statues were also replaced during the ceremony. For the period of these rituals, the sculptures were considered the resting place of a god or a deified ancestor’s spirit.

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Bushel with ibex (mountain goat) motifs, 4200–3500 B.C.E., painted terra-cotta, 28.90 x 16.40 cm, necropolis, Susa I period, from the acropolis mound, Susa, Iran

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Global Prehistory | 30,000–500 B.C.E.

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For this artwork, I took a plastic cup and drew on the designs with black marker. I only had smaller plastic cups so I cut and glued different parts of other plastic cups to get closer to the actual size of the original artwork.

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I chose this work because I thought the designs on the Bushel were very pretty and I actually have something close to this at my house. However, I wanted to draw on the designs on my own!