Czére Andrea szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei (Budapest, 2007)

ANNUAL REPORT - A 2007. ÉV - ADRIÁNA LANTOS: ...And Then the Incas Arrived - Treasures from Peru Before the Spanish Conquest

tive system although there were several local variations in artistic style such as the NascaHuari, the Moche-Huari and the Nieveria. The Huari culture transmitted numerous elements from cultures that preceded it, including religious and ideological ones. The ideology of the state was clearly reflected in works of art, excellent examples of this being the portraits of leaders on which the motifs of facial make-up and the types of headdresses indicated the exact role the depicted individuals had in society as well as their ethnic identity and place of origin. The fourth section of the exhibition documented the interrelation between cultures that were built on a common foundation: The Lambayeque in the northern coastal region, otherwise known as Sicán (700-1350 AD, north coast) and Chimu (1000-1470 AD, north coast), Chancay in the central coastal region (100-1450 AD), the southern Ica-Chincha (1000-1450 AD), as well as Chuquibamba and Chiribaya (950-1475 AD). The cultural connections resulted in various religious features and cults existing side by side. All of this took place in the Late Intermediate Period (1000-1450 AD) and came to an end with the expansion of the Incas. In the Late Horizon (1450-1534 AD) the Incas created a solid system out of great diversity, the roots of which not only derived their strength from the Andean traditions but also synthesised them. The fifth, last unit of the exhibition showed visitors which elements were carried on into Incan art and which the Incas developed as an innovation, the latter being characterised by simplicity, symmetry and geometric forms. A special achievement of the exhibition was the application of a unique approach which made it possible for the blind and partially sighted to progress along a specially designed path (a ribbed strip of carpet) in a part of the exhibition hall, allowing them to gain an impression of the exhibition whereby a representative selection of the artefacts which had been reproduced by experts in their original size and with almost the same textures. During the four months that it was open over 162 thousand people visited the exhibition, based on which, according to a survey carried out by The Art Newspaper, it was rated as the ninth most visited exhibition in the world in 2007 in the "Ancient Art" category. Adriáim Lantos