AHIS 128 Midterm: AHIS 128 Midterm Review
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Posa chapels were used as places where converts would stop during a procession in the atrium. Ceramic figure of an eagle warrior - aztec, mexico city c. 1440-1469, fired clay, stucco and paint. Colonials arrived to aztecs with established artistic traditions. All t"oqapu tunic 1450-1540 - wool, cotton, peru, inca - soldier"s uniform, reappear in heraldry. Man"s tunic (uncu) with checkerboard design, 15th-16th century tapestry weave, peru, inca. Theodor galle, vespucci awakens a sleeping america, copperplate engraving, based on a drawing by johannes stradanus, published in nova reperta (new discoveries) antwerpt, c. Used to explain new world to european audience. Vespucci portrayed as mighty european navigator with astrolabe and staff with the cross, bringing knowledge and power. America personified by naked woman sleeping on a hammock, awakened out of her savage slumber. Depicts cannibalism in the background, showing savage background, and why they needed enlightenment from europe.
