Peru's earliest artwork came from theCupisnique culture, which focused on the Pacific coast, and the Chavín culture, which was largely North of Lima between the Andean mountain ranges in the Cordillera Negra and the Cordillera Blanca. Decorative work from this era, around the 9th century BC, was a symbolic and religious nature. The artists worked with gold, silver and ceramics to create a variety of sculpture and carvings. These civilisations was also known for its architecture and stone sculpture.
Between the 8th century BC and the first century CE, theParacas Cavernas and Paracas Necropolis cultures develop on the southern coast of Peru.Paracas Cavernas produced complex polychrome ceramics with religious and monochrome representations. Born from Paracas Necropolis also provided complex textiles, many are produced using sophisticated geometric patterns.
Third century BC saw the flowering urban culture, Moche, in the region of Lambayeque region. Mochica culture produced impressive architectural works, such as the Huaca del Sol y de la Luna and theHuaca Rajada of Sipan. They were experts at cultivation in terraces andhydraulic engineering and produced original ceramics, textile, pictorial and sculptural works.
Another urban culture, the Warichu civilization flourished between the 8th and 12th centuries in Ayacucho.Their centralised urban planning was extended to other areas, such as the Pachacamac, Cajamarquilla and Warichu Willca.
Between the 9th and 13th centuries CE, the military urban Tiwanakuempire with borders of Lake Titicaca.Centered around a town of the same name in today's Bolivia, was introduced in Tiwanaku stone architecture and sculpture of a monumental type; these works and art have made ofarchitecture possible through the Tiwanaku developingbronze, which enabled them to make the necessary tools.
Urban architecture reached a new height between the 14th and 15th centuries in the Chimú culture culture. Chimú culture was built the city of Chan Chan in the Moche, in La Libertad dal. Chimú culture was good gold and created fantastic works of hydraulic engineering projects.
Inca civilization, which United Peru during his rule in the centuries preceding the time of the Spanish conquest, incorporated in their own works, a large part of the cultural heritage of the civilisations that preceded the. Important relics of their artwork and architecture can be seen in cities such as Cusco, architectural remains Sacsahuaman and Machu Picchu and stone pavements which entail Cusco with the rest of the Inca Empire.
