Art Across Cultures: Americas

Slide list 3

NOTE: Culture=Inca 

Inca Art and Empire, 1400-1532

Qoricancha, Cuzco, 15^th century

Royal Tunic, cotton and wool, 15^th century

Urpu, ceramic, 15^th century

Qenko (Kenko), near Cuzco, 15^th century

Terms:

Tawantinsuyu – Inca Empire, land of the four quarters

(Tawa=4, ntin=united but distinct, suyu=land)

Andes Mountains

Ideology

Divine Rulership, Pachacuti (1438-71)

Ceque – radial lines leading out from Cuzco

Mita – Tax paid with labor

Acllawasi – house of women weavers

Tocapu – emblems on Tunic

Huaca

Animism

Reciprocity