South American Art
Across
- 7. Featherworkers who worked in guilds and were highly esteemed in Mesoamerica.
- 12. The summer and winter {blank}shine through the east and west windows at the Temple of the sun (observatory)
- 13. (2 words) "hitching post of the sun" found in observatory of Machu Picchu.
- 14. Rare bird whose long green feathers where prized in Mesoamerican art.
- 15. The political and symbolic center of the Inca Empire, laid out in the shape of a jaguar.
- 16. This culture was developed from Chile to Columbia, despite no written language.
- 17. Used by Inca to make mountain top more usable- with farming and water shed, also created social divisions.
- 19. The technique used with malleable metals to form much of the gold, silver and copper adornments in Cusco.
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- 1. (2 words) perfectly grooved stones placed together in an almost jigsaw puzzle arrangement.
- 2. Shape most often used in Incan architecture with most buildings, windows and doors taking on this form.
- 3. The religion typically associated with Art from this region shows a deep respect for animals and plants and is...
- 4. This artwork is typically characterized as either ritualistic or...
- 5. Form of these artworks is influenced by Culture as well as this.
- 6. This culture was mainly developed in Central Mexico
- 8. The Sun God, worshipped by the Inca through the use of gold, radiating city plan and presence of summer solstice sun in the temple.
- 9. Explorer who encountered the Moctezuma II and sent the feather Headdress to Charles V.
- 10. (2 words)Granite architectural complex with many terraces, used as ceremonial city or possible royal retreat.
- 11. Main staple food for the Inca, full sizes metal replicas found in the garden of Qorikancha.
- 14. The main temple at Cusco, covered in gold and placed at the groin of the Jaguar.
- 18. (2 words) The Christian chapel built atop the site of Qorikancha