Machu Picchu

many things that we have learned about freeze drying and there are also some new things that will be happening in the future with freeze drying. Freeze drying has been traced back to the 15th century, the Inca’s put food in storage higher than Machu Picchu. The cold weather froze the food and then the low pressure of the air from the high altitude took all the water vapor out of the food. Since that time, freeze drying has been used for the preservation of many different things. NASA used…

The Mayan, Aztec, and Inca empires are considered to be some of the greatest empires ever. They each are responsible for many of the things we see in the world today. Take astronomy for example. The Mayans followed the sun, moon, and venus, and had an eerily accurate clock. The Maya and the Aztec both had innovative farming that fit the area that they were in. However, one empire was greater than the other two. The aztec empire was superior to the Maya and the Aztec for a variety of reasons,…

probably know a little about Peru before we go into the culture. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, out of 30,148,000 people 1/3 are of mixed heritage, 1/8 are of European descendants, and there is a smaller number of Japanese and colored citizens. Machu Picchu, the Incan citadel is located in between our sierra (mountains) and selva (rainforest). Peru also exports a lot of…

The Incas went on to become great builders and went on to build fortresses and sites like Machu Picchu and the city of Cusco that still stand to this day. The ancient Greeks were one of the most influential civilizations to have ever existed in the world. Many of them changed our ways of world forever, many of them are still talking about to this…

Peru is in the midwest of South America. Peru is bordered by Equador, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Bolivia. Peru is the third largest country in South America and is one of the 20 largest countries in the world. Peru is larger than Spain and France combined. 59% of Peru is the Amazon rainforest. However, it only contains 12% of the population. The Amazon Rainforest has hot and tropical weather with plenty of rain. 30% of Peru is Highlands, which holds 36% of the population. The Highlands have…

The show titled Split Complementary shows a collection of recent works by artist Dianna Frid and Richard Rezac in conjunction with a variety of objects from the DePaul Art Museum’s permanent collection. Rezac’s work in based on sculptural pieces and drawings while Dianna Frid central focus is on mixed media. The objects in the permanent collection vary from books and photographs to historical artifacts. The exhibit explores the idea of juxtaposing the work of both artists while adding the…

The museum that I chose to go was to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which was holding an exhibition that was dedicated to Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera, Picasso and Rivera: Conversations Across Time. The piece that stood out to me the most was Pre-Columbian America by Diego Rivera that features indigenous imagery and creates an alternative view of America. The piece itself was made with oil on canvas with bright colors, which features many scenes that depicts the daily lives of the…

recognizable such as animals or people. This concept can be described as “art by appropriation” (p. 26). Examples that are given by Dean include reconstituting African masks as sculptures (p. 26), mistakenly prioritizing the “Funerary Rock” from Machu Picchu over figurines (p. 27), and “[claiming] that the Inca’s capital of Cuzco was built in the shape of a puma stems […] rather than any congruence with Inca practices” (p. 28). Another factor that makes interpreting art from another culture…

ranges. For instance, the Andes Mountains have different climate changes year-round. In summer, the climate is usually very hot and rainy, while winters are very dry with cooler temperatures. Peru is also filled with many geographical wonders. Machu Picchu is one of Peru’s most marvelous structures. This landmark is located just outside the city of Cuzco, Peru, near the Andes Mountains. . The…

It is well known that Western culture and the Western world has endeavored to assert itself over other cultures for many centuries. Beginning with the colonization of groups of people deemed lesser by the standards of white Europeans, who often forced their customs or religion on people they had colonized, Western civilizations continue to push their cultural standards on other parts of the world, especially when it pertains to art. In the essay, “The Trouble with the Term Art”, Carolyn Dean…