Bronze
Cuzco Manco Capac
Story of bronze
According to the orally transmitted legend, it was the Sun-God Inti who tasked Manco Capac and his spouse Mama Ocllo with building their capital city in Cusco.
One day, Inti brought the royal couple up from the depths of the Titicaca Lake, then instructed them to head to the north to establish the worship of Inti. Since then, the Incas have claimed their heavenly origins.
“I set the gemstones – some stones that had been removed from a necklace – on the outline of a head of clay and as I began modeling the nose of my figure, I thought of the Inca pyramids. I imagined the bust like a pilot, a pilot that was about to take flight…”
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About the work
Bronze’s size : 28-cm high
- N° 2/8 – Patina : Brown, antique green
