With the conquest of the Incan empire complete, the beauty and uniqueness of the art, religion, and architecture no longer was admired by the Spanish, but rather forever lost and destroyed by them.The killing of the 13th Inca, proved to be the final blow needed for the Incan empire to fall and the Spanish colonies to rise. With new colonies rising, came the destruction of superb architecture and craftsmanship and as the pillaging of Incan villages and cities occurred, so were many primitive works of art burned and tarnished.Of the few people that survived the smallpox epidemic, almost all of them were placed in mines to live the remainder of their lives searching for gold and silver. People that were once craftsman or artisans no longer could produce beautiful works of art that represents the Inca culture. The religion could no longer be celebrated, as the traditional polytheism was replaced with Christianity. This caused for dramatic change in the artwork of the Incas, as paintings and sculptures where now influenced by Catholicism rather than their own religion. Many Spaniards and other Europeans began bringing traditional art techniques and ideas to the Americas, shrouding the Incan culture.
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