may 25, 1450 - Maize Cobs
Description:
1440-1533 CESheet metal/repousse, metal alloy
Inka
• Garden of mini llamas, corn, flowers and people made of gold and silver
• Gold-silver alloy corncob sculpture, mimics ripe ear of corn, ready to be harvested, induvidual kernels of corn protrude
• Hollow, delicate, life sized
• Inka visual expression incorperated more naturalistic forms in small scale
• Taken to Spain
• Compact version of cosmos controlled by Inka
Added to timeline:
Date:
may 25, 1450
Now
~ 575 years ago