Korikancha and Santo Domingo, Cuzco, Side View
Date
1450-1675
Creator
Name(s) currently unknown
Location
Cuzco, PER
Introduction
This view shows the contrasting masonry styles of Korikancha and Santo Domingo. Inka walls were made of dark stone, carefully cut and polished and held together without mortar. The colonial-era masonry is more irregular, with mortar filling the joins.
Photo credit
Barbara E. Mundy
Cite as
Dana Leibsohn and Barbara E. Mundy.
Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820. http://www.fordham.edu/vistas, 2015.
Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820. http://www.fordham.edu/vistas, 2015.
Selected bibliography
Bayón, Damián and Murillo Marx. 1992. History of South American Colonial Art and Architecture. Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa.
Gasparini, Graziano and Luise Margolies. 1977. Arquitectura inka. Caracas: Centro de Investigaciones Históricas and Estéticas, Faculdad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Gasparini, Graziano and Luise Margolies. 1980. Inca Architecture. Trans. Patricia Lyons. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Gisbert, Teresa and José de Mesa. 1985. Arquitectura andina, 1530-1830: historia y análisis. La Paz: Embajada de España en Bolivia.
Gasparini, Graziano and Luise Margolies. 1977. Arquitectura inka. Caracas: Centro de Investigaciones Históricas and Estéticas, Faculdad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela.
Gasparini, Graziano and Luise Margolies. 1980. Inca Architecture. Trans. Patricia Lyons. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Gisbert, Teresa and José de Mesa. 1985. Arquitectura andina, 1530-1830: historia y análisis. La Paz: Embajada de España en Bolivia.
Collection
Citation
“Korikancha and Santo Domingo, Cuzco, Side View,” VistasGallery, accessed September 18, 2024, https://vistasgallery.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/1751.