. Andean culture history. Incas; Indians of South America. TIM-; ( i;.\ TKAI, ANDi: 2(M1 liavc a more limited rani;('. The (lesion style is .^cii- erally i^coiiietric; a wi(lesi)rea(l cliarac'tcristic is tlu^ application of textile derived patterns. This de- crease of attention to exi)ressivo individual art may have been due to the stultifying effects of the Tia- huanaco conventionalizations. In other ways it rep- resents a shift of emphasis from the artist as a craftsman to the'artist as a technical worker. In spite of these generalizations about craftsmanship throughout the Central Andes, ea
. Andean culture history. Incas; Indians of South America. TIM-; ( i;.\ TKAI, ANDi: 2(M1 liavc a more limited rani;('. The (lesion style is .^cii- erally i^coiiietric; a wi(lesi)rea(l cliarac'tcristic is tlu^ application of textile derived patterns. This de- crease of attention to exi)ressivo individual art may have been due to the stultifying effects of the Tia- huanaco conventionalizations. In other ways it rep- resents a shift of emphasis from the artist as a craftsman to the'artist as a technical worker. In spite of these generalizations about craftsmanship throughout the Central Andes, each region has dis- tinctive local Fig. 45. Chimu blackware water jars. At left, two men boxing; center, an example of mold-pressed decoration; at right, two men on a balsa raft. The Chimu ceramics, although varied in detail, can be classified under a few basic shape categories: the stirrup-spout, now squared in cross-section, with a small modeled animal at the spout base; a double- whistling jar; a globular container with taper spout and flat handle; a vessel with spout and a bridge to a modeled figure; ollas; and plates (Fig. 45). Some of these shapes, like the stirrup-spout, are carry-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bennett, Wendell Clark, 1905-1953; Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982. New York [American Museum of Natural History]
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