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74 Cards in this Set
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What is a quincunx? |
Cross pointing to four corners of earth |
Quad |
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Which of the following was enacted to abolish Amerindian slavery? |
New laws of the indies |
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Who changed the way Europeans studied non European people by writing history of the indies the first empirical description of Amerindian societies? |
Bartolome de la casas |
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What is a tilma? |
Aztec robe |
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Andean compositions hierarchy went in which direction? |
Upper right to bottom left |
Opposite us |
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What was a kero cup used for? |
Drinking chicha, a gift to allies, decoration |
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Why did Phillip 2 send out a questionnaire thus receiving a map? |
To learn more info about the territory |
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Which term can best be attributed to the architectural contrast between light and shadow caused by dramatic protrusions of columns, scrolls and broken pediments? |
Chiaroscuro |
A: chiaroscuro B: rustication C: mixtilinear D: planiform |
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Who can earn the title maestro mayor? |
A title given to a viceroy to the most head of construction |
A: lead choir singer at the cathedral B: person that put together altar screens in cathedrals C: title given to viceroy to the most head of the construction D: title given to a person born in Mexico but of Spanish descent |
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What is a locutorio? |
Small barred chamber to have convo with outside world |
A: small barred chambers with which to have convo with outside world B: rooms to create embroidery to help nunnery C: sitting room within nunnery to take in guests like family D: upper level in a church for nuns to be able to attend mass separate from general public |
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Church of Santo Domingo, 1650, Cuzco peru |
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Royal chapel 1570, cholula, mexico |
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Open chapel at the convent of San nicolas de actopan, mid 16th, actopan mexico |
A shape, open area |
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Posa chapel from the convent of San Miguel de huejotzingo, 1540s, mexico |
H shaped |
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Atrial cross from church of San augustin de acolman, 1555, Mexico |
Looks like an a |
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Exterior of church of San Miguel de huejotzingo, 1540-71, Mexico |
Same as posa chapel |
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Exterior view of church of San Agustin de acolman, 1555, mexico |
Same as atrial cross |
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Exterior of church of la natividad de nuestra senora de tepoztlan, 1559, mexico |
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Facade of church of la natividad de nuestra senora de tepoztlan |
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Interior view of church of San Pedro, Andahuaylillas, 1600, perj |
Extravagant look extravagant name |
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Juan Gerson, choir loft paintings. Church of San Francisco de tecamacholo, 1562 |
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Descent from the cross, church of San andres de epazoyucan, 1550, mexico |
What is happening |
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Immaculate conception. Convent of San huejotzingo |
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Cloister stairway murals, convent of San nicolas de actopan, 1575, mexico |
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Fray bernardino de sahagun. Florentine codex, 1575 |
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Map of amoltepec 1580 |
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Arms of the descendants of Inca Tupa Yupanqui, 1600 |
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Juan Bautista, Christ at the age of 12, 1590 |
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Palace of Cortes, mid 16th, Mexico |
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Casa de montejo, 1549, mexico |
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Casa de pilatos, 1600, peru |
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Altarscreen of our lady of solitude. Cathedral of our lady of assumption, 1670, Mexico |
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Luis Gomez, rodrigo Diaz, cristobal, facade of the cathedral of our lady of assumption, mexico |
Mexico- bland Peru- bright, baroque |
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Diego arias, Francisco Dominguez, facade of cathedral of our lady of assumption, peru |
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Noguera, Salas, Robles, altarscreen of the virgin of the immaculate conception, 1654, cathedral of our lady of assumption, peru |
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Facade of the church of San Francisco, 1535, ecuador |
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Vasconcelos, escobar, facade of the church of San Francisco, 1656, Peru |
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Rosary chapel of the church of Santo Domingo, 1630, Puebla mexico |
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Francisco jimenez, sanctuary of copacabana, Bolivia |
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What were the rural figures here called? |
Both caipira violeiro and custombristas |
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The juxtaposition of the temple stone deity and the friar, along with the emotion of the native woman represents what message? |
Christianization |
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Who paved the way for modern Latin American art by using studies of nature? |
Alexander von humboldt |
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Why were portraits similar to this created? |
Show leaders responsibility for independence, show honor and create and brand |
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Which important figure of the independence movement is given a complex depiction in this work? |
Miguel hidalgo |
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Which genre of painting was at the top of the academic hierarchy in terms of importance? |
History painting |
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What did the pelican represent in this work of art? |
Symbol of Christ, true love |
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Which church represented the pride of criollos in Mexico? |
Mexico City cathedral |
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What was the system that formed in colonial Peru as a way of oppressing the amerindians to do hard labor in the mines? |
Mita system |
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What was the system that formed in colonial Peru as a way of oppressing the amerindians to do hard labor in the mines? |
Mita system |
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Who is the man painted in this piece that has been attributed to master saldana? |
Hernan cortes |
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Which of the following was not popularized in the rise of secular art? |
Statue paintings |
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What is noticeably missing in this idealized view of Mexico City? |
Loving places of amerindians |
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What is another name for the Jesuit’s? |
Society of Jesus |
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What were the sacred sites of the Incan people called? |
Huacas |
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The map of amoltepec is what? |
Communicentric and conceptual |
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The allegorical atrium from rhetoric christiana from 1579 was engraved by which friar? |
Fray Diego de valades |
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What was the possible purpose for manuscripts? |
Genealogical, ritual, historical records |
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What aspect of indigenous artistic culture did the mendicants refuse to adapt for Christian purposes? |
Quero cups |
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Who were the Incan sun gods children and what were they sent to earth to do? |
Manco capac and mama ocllo, bring order to civility and convert to worship the sun god |
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Who was the earth deity of the Incas that became associated with the Virgin Mary? |
Pachamama |
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What is the name given to readers of the Aztec manuscripts? |
Tlamatinime |
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What is a quipu? |
Knitted rope used to communicate information |
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Which term best describes what this image represents? |
Matricula de tributos |
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What was used for punishment in the middle of main square? |
Picota |
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Which valley is shown in this painting? |
Valley of mexico |
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The architect primarily in charge of a building site is known as what? |
Maestro mayor |
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What is a biombo and what region influenced the form? |
Screen painting influenced by japan |
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Who was the first American to be canonized as a saint? |
St rose of lima |
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What was the purpose of having a depiction of a picket watch in this portrait? |
Remind us of the sitters mortality |
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What is the name for large ornate columns that resemble inverted obelisks? |
Estipite |
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Who was the first to suggest that amerindians migrated across the Bering straits? |
Jose de acosta |
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What was the encarnacion technique meant to do? |
Make the sculpture appear more realistic |
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What is a locutorio? |
Small chambers to have conversations with the outside world |
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Which of these countries was not part of the triple alliance? |
Paraquay |
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