Art,+Literature+and+Music+-+Inca

Art

         
 * Religion dominated art (http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0320890-00)
 * Geometric figures were prevalent in all aspects of art (http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0320890-00)
 * Inca pottery was mass produced and less distinguished (http://www.peru-travel.net/peru_travel_center/art.htm)
 * Common form in pottery was the aryballus (http://www.peru-travel.net/peru_travel_center/art.htm)
 * Made polychrome pottery with geometric motifs and insects, flowers and fish patterns (http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0320890-00)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Incas made gold and silver solid and hollow figurines depicting humans, religious figurines and camelids (http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0320890-00)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Preferred simple functionality over ornate decoration in all cases except for their textiles (http://www.about-peru-history.com/inca-art.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tapestries were intricately woven by habd and made from alpaca wool (http://www.about-peru-history.com/inca-art.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tapestries were ornately decorated with geometric shapes and vibrant colors. (http://www.about-peru-history.com/inca-art.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Displayed political power (http://www.about-peru-history.com/inca-art.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Incas did not produce large-scale freestanding statues or architectural sculpture (http://www.peru-travel.net/peru_travel_center/art.htm)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Most of the Incas art was destroyed by the Spanish conquistadors (http://www.about-peru-history.com/inca-art.html)

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">Literature

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-size: 150%;">Music
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Did not write, therefore no literature

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">Roads
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Used in ceremonies ("http://www.lost-civilizations.net/inca-civilization-page-2.html")
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Made instruments such as trumpets and bells out of smelted metal ("http://www.lost-civilizations.net/inca-civilization-page-2.html")

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">Architecture
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Complex and extensive system of roads that spanned the empire (http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0235135-0)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">More than 20,000 km of roads were constructed, connecting and unifying all regions of the empire (http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0146720-0)

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> [|http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtgallery] <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> [|http://63.134.213.17/_media/imgs/articles]<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">  <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- [|http://photos.igougo.com/images/]<span class="wiki_link_ext"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> [|http://www.flickr.com/photos/thoi]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Buildings were carefully planned to harmonize with the landscape, accomplished by using indigenous materials and through the architectural repetition of surrounding natural forms (http://www.peru-travel.net/peru_travel_center/art.htm)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Inca masonry was composed of three themes: precision, functionality, and austerity (http://www.rutahsa.com/incaarch.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Buildings were built to be functional above beauty (http://www.rutahsa.com/incaarch.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Incas possessed great skills in masonry, stones were cut so precise that a knife blade could not fit between the stones (http://www.rutahsa.com/incaarch.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dominant form in architecture was a simple trapezoid (http://www.rutahsa.com/incaarch.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Trapezoidal doorways, windows and wall niches found in all building (http://www.rutahsa.com/incaarch.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Created water features in their buildings
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cascaded from stone spouts (http://www.rutahsa.com/incaarch.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bronze and copper were used to attach two pieces of stone together (http://www.rutahsa.com/incaarch.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cut and shaped stone manually using basic stone tools (http://www.rutahsa.com/incaarch.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Had the ability to cut unusual shapes and fit them tightly and perfectly together (http://www.rutahsa.com/incaarch.html)
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Split rock by using a wooden wedge (http://www.rutahsa.com/incaarch.html)