Midterm - Vocab

Question 1

Q’ariwarmi / complementarity

Answer 1

Q’ari - man
Warmi - woman
Females aren’t less, they are necessary for each other.

Question 2

Contour Rivalry

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

Visual Metaphoric Substitution

Answer 3

• when the object doesn’t match the function
  ex snakes for hair -

Question 4

Embroidery

Answer 4

• figures distinct from background
• art of decorating textile fabric by means of a needle and thread

Question 5

Block Color Style

Answer 5

Paracas
- distinct figures

Question 6

Linear Style

Answer 6

Paracas
- repeating geometric designs
- blending of background & figures

Question 7

Pendant (eccentric) eyes

Answer 7

• Hallucinogenics (chavin de huantar)

Question 8

Sacred Geography

Answer 8

mountains!

Question 9

Stele

Answer 9

an upright stone slab or column typically bearing a commemorative inscription or relief design.

Question 10

Frieze

Answer 10

a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling.

Question 11

Tapestry

Answer 11

When the horizontal threads of a weave are more dominant

Question 12

Post-firing pigmentation

Answer 12

• When a ceramic is pigmented after it is fired (not durable)

Question 13

Subtractive Process

Answer 13

Removal of the earth to make the shapes visible

Question 14

Niched Halls

Answer 14

Pikillacta - WARI
- lineage halls where everyone came to formally worship their ancestors

Question 15

Mummy Bundles

Answer 15

• Paracas
• shows status

Question 16

Qumpi

Answer 16

High quality textile - high thread count

Question 17

Akllakuna

Answer 17

Inka women who were conscripted to weave for the state (often relocated)

Question 18

Unku

Answer 18

inka checkerboard tapestry

Question 19

Tukapu / Tokapu

Answer 19

Textile style: grid-like, geometric
- Division of space
- Complex but ordered
- Shows multiple identities

Question 20

Art by Intention

Question 21

Art by Appropriation

Question 22

Horizon

Answer 22

The spread of cultural values within an area / majority

Question 23

Geoglyph

Answer 23

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.

Question 24

Integrated Rock Outcrops

Question 25

Transparency

Answer 25

(in textiles) merging fore/background - deliberate

Question 26

Perceptual Confusion

Answer 26

• Hard to understand (lot of parts)
• Distinguishes social class

Question 27

Vertical Archipelago

Answer 27

Exchange of resources that allowed realities of one region to enter into the symbolic system of other regions

Question 28

Form

Answer 28

Aspects that determine the configuration of an object/image (lines, shape, color, material)

Question 29

Style

Answer 29

Distinguishing characteristics of an artifact

Question 30

Iconography

Answer 30

Subject matter (vs form) identification of subject matter via broader pictorial tradition