The Inca and

their
Architecture
Ana Patricia, Helena
Chinchilla, Dulce Coto, Ager
Ortiz, Cristhian Urrea
 Introduction
The Inca's art was perhaps most highly
developed in their architecture. Their palaces,
temples, fortresses and waterworks, and even
their cities, were not simply practical
constructions. These were designed in specific
shapes that represented or evoked complex
Inca religious and social symbolism.
 Influence
s
Although influenced by the art and techniques of the
earlier Chimu civilization, the Incas did create their own
distinctive style which was an instantly recognisable
symbol of imperial dominance across their
massive empire.
 Inca Pottery
Inca pottery used natural clay but added
such materials as mica, sand, pulverised
rock, and shell which prevented cracking
during the firing process. There was no
potter's wheel in the ancient Americas and
so vessels were made by hand, first
creating a base and then laying a coil of
clay around it until the vessel reached the
size required.
 Materials
Stone was the material of choice
and was finely worked to produce
a precise arrangement of
interlocking blocks in the finest
buildings. The stone was of three
types: Yucay limestone,
green Sacsayhuaman diorite
porphyry, and black andesite.
Each block of stone could weigh
many tons and they were quarried
and shaped using nothing more
than harder stones
and bronze tools.
 Famous buildings they made
Machu Coricancha
Picchu temple
Fortress of
sasahuaman
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