Midterm - Vocab Flashcards
Q’ariwarmi / complementarity
Q’ari - man
Warmi - woman
Females aren’t less, they are necessary for each other.
Contour Rivalry
An image may be viewed as depicting one thing when viewed in a certain way; but if the image is flipped or turned, the same lines that formed the previous image now make up an entirely new design.
Visual Metaphoric Substitution
- when the object doesn’t match the function
ex snakes for hair -
Embroidery
- figures distinct from background
- art of decorating textile fabric by means of a needle and thread
Block Color Style
Paracas
- distinct figures
Linear Style
Paracas
- repeating geometric designs
- blending of background & figures
Pendant (eccentric) eyes
- Hallucinogenics (chavin de huantar)
Sacred Geography
mountains!
Stele
an upright stone slab or column typically bearing a commemorative inscription or relief design.
Frieze
a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling.
Tapestry
When the horizontal threads of a weave are more dominant
Post-firing pigmentation
- When a ceramic is pigmented after it is fired (not durable)
Subtractive Process
Removal of the earth to make the shapes visible
Niched Halls
Pikillacta - WARI
- lineage halls where everyone came to formally worship their ancestors
Mummy Bundles
- Paracas
- shows status
Qumpi
High quality textile - high thread count
Akllakuna
Inka women who were conscripted to weave for the state (often relocated)
Unku
inka checkerboard tapestry
Tukapu / Tokapu
Textile style: grid-like, geometric
- Division of space
- Complex but ordered
- Shows multiple identities
Art by Intention
Art by Appropriation
Horizon
The spread of cultural values within an area / majority
Geoglyph
A geoglyph is a large design or motif produced on the ground by durable elements of the landscape, such as stones, stone fragments, gravel, or earth.
Integrated Rock Outcrops
Transparency
(in textiles) merging fore/background - deliberate
Perceptual Confusion
- Hard to understand (lot of parts)
- Distinguishes social class
Vertical Archipelago
Exchange of resources that allowed realities of one region to enter into the symbolic system of other regions
Form
Aspects that determine the configuration of an object/image (lines, shape, color, material)
Style
Distinguishing characteristics of an artifact
Iconography
Subject matter (vs form) identification of subject matter via broader pictorial tradition
