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kamayuk
master of a craft
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master of a craft
kamayuk
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How was stone worked?
with other stones
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How did they make ceramic vessels
- hand-built
- coiling
- later molds
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teerracotta
fired clay (cooked earth litterally)
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what are two environments to fire clay in
- reducing - black
- oxidizing - red
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What was the tempurature of firing?
700-800 degreen C
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What was the body or the vessel mad of
- cleaned clay
- coated with slip
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slip
- dilute clay, usually iron oxide minerals for oclor, appleid before firing
- slip is not organic
- vessel may be polished/burnished after slippign
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glazes
- fired at much higher temps
- not before 16th c.
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dyes
- usually organic, used for organic materials
- textiles, basketry
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paints
- on stucco or plaster
- on unfired or already fired vessels
- feather, plant, hair brushes
- organic or inorganic pigments survive firing
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polychrome
more than two colors
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model
form, shape with hands
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mold
- form in a mold
- molds can make many compies
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molding process
- 1. flat open mold - makes flat objec, may hav edecoration on one side
- 2. two piece mold, different parts of vessel may be joined after molding
- 3. clay inside the mold dries and separates from wall of mold which is removed
- 4. lost wax molds surround object, are destroyed after use
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Descriptive terms for a vessel
support, wall, body, neck, rim, mouth, handle, spout
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surface decoration
subtractive techniques incluce: incising, engraving, grooving, gouging, addtive
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metal tools
basicallly not used in Mesoamerica, maybe late - used early in Andean America
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Stone-working
involves chipping, pecking, drilling, grinding, polishing
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pyramids
- in New World only truncated pyramids - not pointed
- Balustrades flank stairways in Mesoamerica
- ulinke finest inca stonework, most stone facades plastered and painted
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alfardas
balustrades flank stairways in Mesoamerica
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remate
top section of the stairwasy in mesoameric
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simplistic
- doesn not mean simple
- means overly simple
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unique
means one of a kind
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duality
two fold, or opposites that make a whole
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symmetry
equivalence between two sides, mirroring
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humanistic
referes to study of human beings or the humanities
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earflare
circular ear decoration worn by andean and mesoamerican elites
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inca, maya, aztec
singular and plural and adjective
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