Inca

Examples of Inca in the following topics:

• Textiles of the Inca

  • The Incas were highly regarded for their textiles, which were influenced by the artistic works of the pre-Inca Chimú culture.
  • The Incas were highly regarded for their textiles, influenced by the artistic works of the pre-Inca Chimú culture.
  • The Chimú, who arose about 900 CE, were conquered in a campaign led by the Inca ruler Tupac Inca Yupanqui around 1470 AD.
  • An example of Inca textiles.
  • Inca officials wore stylized tunics decorated with certain motifs, while soldiers of the Inca army had specific uniforms.

• Metalwork of the Inca

  • The Inca were well known for their use of gold, silver, copper, bronze, and other metals.
  • Although the Inca Empire contained a lot of precious metals, however, the Incas did not value their metal as much as fine cloth.
  • Metal tools and weapons were forged by Inca metallurgists and then spread throughout the empire.
  • Gold and silver were used for ornaments and decorations and reserved for the highest classes of Inca society, including priests, lords, and the Sapa Inca, or emperor.
  • Gold and silver were common themes throughout the palaces of Inca emperors as well, and the temples of the Incas were strewn with sacred and highly precious metal objects.

• Architecture of the Inca

  • The Inca capital city of Cusco is one of the finest examples of both traditional Inca and colonial architecture.
  • The Inca Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.
  • The capital of the Inca empire, Cusco, still contains many fine examples of Inca architecture, although many walls of Inca masonry have been incorporated into Spanish Colonial structures.
  • The Kingdom of Cusco was a small city-state in the Inca empire.
  • A testimony of the importance of these compounds in Inca architecture is that the central part of the Inca capital of Cusco consisted of large kancha, including Qurikancha and the Inca palaces.

• Machu Picchu

  • Often referred to as the "City of the Incas," Machu Picchu is one of the most significant pre-Columbian Inca sites in Peru.
  • Often referred to as the "City of the Incas", most archaeologists believe that it was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472).
  • The Incas started building the "estate" around 1400, but abandoned it as an official site for the Inca rulers a century later at the time of the Spanish Conquest.
  • The Inca absorbed much of their technical skill from the cultures they conquered.
  • As part of their transportation system, the Incas built a road to Machu Picchu.

• The Spanish Conquest and Its Effects on Incan Art

  • After the fall of the Inca Empire, many aspects of Inca culture were systematically destroyed or irrevocably changed by Spanish conquerors.
  • The Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire was catastrophic to the Inca people and culture.
  • The Inca population suffered a dramatic and quick decline following contact with the Europeans.
  • Spaniards burning the Inca leader Atahualpa at the stake, following their conquest of the Inca people.
  • Evaluate the effects of the Spanish Conquest on the art and culture of the Inca.

• South America

  • In the Late Horizon period (1576 - 1534 CE), the Inca Empire dominated the Andes region, including present-day Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia.
  • Artistic traditions in South America date back to the elaborate pottery, textiles, jewelry, and sculpture of pre-Inca cultures .
  • The Incas maintained these crafts along with significant architectural and artistic achievements, including metalwork, unmatched stonework, and highly developed cities.

• Architecture in Early South America

  • Chavín de Huántar and Tiwanaku were important ceremonial centers in pre-Inca South America.
  • Chavín de Huántar is an archaeological site containing ruins and artifacts constructed c. 1200 BCE and occupied by later cultures until around 400-500 BCE by the Chavín, a major pre-Inca culture.
  • It is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire, flourishing as the ritual and administrative capital of a major state power for approximately 500 years.

• Tiwanaku and Wari

  • Tiwanaku is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire, flourishing as the ritual and administrative capital of a major state power for approximately five hundred years .

• Stonework on Easter Island

  • Made without mortar by shaping hard basalt rocks of up to seven tons to match each other exactly, it has a superficial similarity to some Inca stone walls in South America.

• Ceramics in Early South America

  • The Nazca, like all other Pre-Columbian societies in South America including the Inca, had no writing system, in contrast to the contemporary Maya of Mesoamerica.