#cuzco

[gael-garcia]

We finally arrived in Cuzco, “the heart of America”. Our first day in the city, we met Don Néstor, an old soul, mom, and our official guide.

Diarios de motocicleta (2004, Walter Salles 🇦🇷🇨🇱🇵🇪)

Walter Salles: The little boy in Cuzco, we found him in the streets, or he found us. He came to us and asked if we wanted to know a little bit more about the city and offered himself as a guide. So we said, “Yes, but can we bring the Super16 camera along?” And he said, “Bring whatever you want.” And there it was. That scene, everything is Take 1. Nothing was repeated. (src)

[vintagehomecollection]

'My own white marble mantel was surmounted by a wonderful seventeenth-century painting of the Peruvian Cuzco school, depicting the Archangel Gabriel. An extraordinary blend of Jesuit Catholicism and Inca artistry, this painting came to me in its ornate gilt frame and was anchored by a trio of little portraits and antique mirrors to either side.'

Decorating with Pictures, 1991

[whencyclopedia]

The art of the Inca civilization of Peru (c. 1425-1532 CE) produced some of the finest works ever crafted in the ancient Americas. Inca art is best seen in highly polished metalwork, ceramics, and, above all, textiles, which was considered the most prestigious of art forms by the Incas themselves. Designs in Inca art often use geometrical shapes, are standardized, and technically accomplished. The European invaders destroyed much of Inca art either for sheer monetary gain or religious reasons but enough examples survive as testimony to the magnificent range and skills of Inca artists.

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Cusco (Qosqo), Peru. 2024.

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[mothmiso]

Inca Trail Day 2 (2) (3) by Duy Pham

Via Flickr:

(2) (3) Sayacmarca     

[eopederson]

San Blas, Cuzco, 2009.

[agelessphotography]

Cuzco, Peru, Harry Callahan, 1974

[psicosis21]

Machu Picchu ⛰️✨

[parafrazerofhistory]

Sacred Fire at the Inca Temple of the Sun

“The Incas of Peru, who deemed themselves the children of the Sun, procured a new fire from their great father at the solstice in June, our Midsummer Day. They kindled it by holding towards the sun a hollow mirror, which reflected his beams on a tinder of cotton wool. But if the sky happened to be overcast at the time, they made the new fire by rubbing two sticks against each other and they looked upon it as a bad omen when they were obliged to do this, for they said the Sun must be angry with them, since he refused to kindle the flame with his own hand. The sacred fire, however obtained, was deposited at Cuzco, the capital of Peru, in the temple of the Sun, and also in a great convent of holy virgins, who guarded it carefully throughout the year, and it was an evil augury if they suffered it to go out.”

—J. G. Frazer, The Magic Art & the Evolution of Kings, part 2 (The Golden Bough, vol. II, 1911, p. 243)

Emperor Pachacútec worshiping Inti at Coricancha, in a drawing by Martín de Murúa (1613).

(Source: Chronicler Martín of Murúa [Cronista Martín de Murúa], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

[federer7]

Ezequiel Arce y su cosecha de patatas. Cuzco, Perú, 1934.

Foto: Martín Chambi

[wingedjewels]

Black-tailed Trainbearer by Kusi Seminario Behar Via Flickr: Colibrí de Cola Larga Negra Lesbia victoriae

[superbview]

Vinicunca, Rainbow Mountain, Cuzco, Peru, ヴィニクンカ山（レインボー・マウンテン）, ペルー

[intomore]

Irving Penn, Father and Son with Eggs, Cuzco,

Platinum-palladium print,

1948, printed 1978.

Courtesy: Swann Galleries

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Cusco (Qosqo), Peru. 2024.

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