Inca art was practical. The Incas were an artistic people who used materials available to them in nature and blended them creating many artistic forms in utilitarian ways. Much of their artistic ...
The Incas used one word “taqui” to describe dance, music and singing, though this word in Quechua means “song”. They did not differentiate among the three, they were strictly interconnect...
It is commonly questioned as to how the were able to develop such an exquisite architecture without the use of the wheel and modern tools. Their buildings have withstood ...
Most of the Inca gold jewelry and artifacts was looted by the , melted and taken away to Spain. The largest part of the pieces shown in museums have been ...
During the the production of pottery in the was an art already developed in the region for thousands of years. The best example of pottery produced before the days ...
Ancient Andean weaving developed by and inherited and perfected by the is considered as one of the greatest textile in the world and is compared to finest textile ...
There were many pre-Columbian cultures that preceded the , some by millenia. What we know of these pre-Inca civilizations is entirely from archeological excavations since they did not make ...