HUMAN 1B- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 57 pages long!)
Document Summary
More conceptual -> power relations and relationships w/nature. Carved to resemble the shape of the mountain behind it. Architecture often used to imitate and honor surrounding landscapes. No direct representation of kings (not mimetic) Quipu = major system for recording information amongst incas. Very close to being able to understand. Tactile system to recall information -> also relied on oral translation of strings. In search of an inca: methods for art historical research in the colonial andes. 16th and 17th century documents that talk about pre-hispanic past. Manuscripts -> testimony and illustrations of those living in time period. The tired stone from guaman poma de ayala. Spanish lust for gold -> insatiable hunger in metaphorical sense. Portrait of dona mariana belsunse y salasar -> from 18th century peru. People commission portrait of selves to show power and wealth. Glorified stone and the earth -> animate properties. Portrays stone being dragged -> covered in blood.
