The Great Wall of China (which is actually many smaller walls from tamped down brick and mud to the impressive brick structure near Bejing) and the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan are separated by thousands of years and thousands of miles. Each built by a distinct culture who never encountered or even knew about the other. Yet each built massive structures – and it is there they have something in common. This commonality spread to Angkor Wat, the Great Stupa, the Pyramids and even the Empire State Building. Your mission this week; find and discuss the connection, because within that connection may be some bigger ideas about art.
