Legends & Landscapes of Peru: Lima, Machu Picchu & Cusco Dear Traveler, Please join Museum Travel Alliance from April 20-28, 2020 on Legends & Landscapes of Peru: Lima, Machu Picchu & Cusco. Explore the Museo de Arte de Lima with a curator and restorer, who will enhance our appreciation of some of the thousands of objects on display, from the ancient artifacts of the Moche, Chimú, Nazca, and other pre-Inca cultures to the paintings of Fernando de Szyszlo, the father of Peruvian abstract art. Spend an afternoon amid the awe-inspiring ruins of Machu Picchu. Travel to the often-overlooked South Sacred Valley, and go inside a Baroque church nicknamed "the Sistine Chapel of the Andes" for its elaborately decorated frescoes We are delighted that this trip will be accompanied by Ronda Kasl as our lecturer from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This trip is sponsored by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. We expect this program to fill quickly. 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Yet it was less than a hundred years old. Centuries before the Incas rose to power, other advanced civilizations had prospered in Peru, building stone temples and palaces that rivaled Machu Picchu in sophistication and beauty. Evidence of these fascinating cultures is on display at the Museo de Arte de Lima, the starting point for a thrilling journey I hope to share with you. Please join me next spring for a weeklong exploration of millennia of Peruvian arts and culture, from 3,000-year-old Chavín artifacts, to astonishing Baroque churches, to contemporary paintings and music. We will spend two days amid the monasteries and museums of Lima, BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB then fly to Cusco, our gateway to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We will ride a luxury train to mysterious Machu Picchu, the Incas’ summer retreat, then return to Cusco to tour some of its Traveling with You astonishing colonial churches. Ronda Kasl As a specialist in the art of Spanish America, I look forward to our visit to Lima’s marvelous Museo Ronda Kasl, Curator of Latin American Art, Pedro de Osma, whose extensive collection of colonial paintings, furniture, silver, and housewares joined the staff of the American Wing in 2013. is housed in a gorgeous turn-of-the-century mansion. Just next door is the Museo Mario Testino Previously, she was senior curator of painting (MATE), displaying the fashion photographer’s lesser-known images of local Peruvians in and sculpture at the Indianapolis Museum traditional garments. of Art. She received her doctorate from New York University and is a specialist in the art Exclusive dinners at private venues and a specially arranged concert of three centuries of of Spain and Spanish America. During her Peruvian music will round out our cultural experience. 20-year career she has curated numerous exhibitions, including Giovanni Bellini and I hope you will join me for this immersion in the multifaceted heritage of Peru. the Art of Devotion (2004) and Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World (2009). Sincerely, Most recently, she curated Cristóbal de Ronda Kasl Villalpando: Mexican Painter of the Baroque Curator of Latin American Art, The American Wing (2017). She is the author of The Making of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Hispano-Flemish Style: Art, Commerce, and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Castile (2014). BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Trip Highlights — Explore the Museo de Arte de Lima with a curator and restorer, who will enhance our appreciation of some of the thousands of objects on display, from the ancient artifacts of the Moche, Chimú, Nazca, and other pre-Inca cultures to the paintings of Fernando de Szyszlo, the father of Peruvian abstract art — Spend three nights in Cusco, where we will visit the Convent of Santo Domingo, built atop Koricancha, the Incas’ most sumptuous temple—whose gold was given in vain as ransom by the imprisoned Inca emperor Atahualpa — Enjoy a specially arranged concert that takes you through three centuries of Peruvian music — Spend an afternoon and a morning amid the awe-inspiring ruins of Machu Picchu, built without mortar to be more resistant to earthquakes. Experience the genius of the Inca masons, who used simple tools to carve the Sun Temple, Royal Tomb, Sacred Plaza, and the Intihuatana stone Standing Male Figure, 1300–1470. Wood. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. — In the often-overlooked South Sacred Valley, go inside a Baroque church nicknamed Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of the “Sistine Chapel of the Andes” for its elaborately decorated frescoes Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 [1979.206.774] ECUADOR COLOMBIA Chiclayo BRAZIL Trujillo BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Lima PERU Machu Picchu Cusco Pacific Ocean BOLIVIA CHILE Photos clockwise from top right: Ollantaytambo, Cusco, photo by Steven dos Remedios; Earflare with Multifigure Scene, A.D. 1350–1470. 6th–7th century. Gold. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jan Mitchell and Sons Collection, Gift of Jan Mitchell, 1991 [1991.419.67]; Machu Picchu, photo by Paul Seligman; Koricancha, Cusco; Barranco, Lima, photo by Carine Philbert; regional map. Front cover: Crocodile-Head Figure Pendant, A.D. 800–1519. Gold. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1966, 1977 [66.196.5]. Back cover: Burj Inti Punku, Cusco, photo by Cusco Destination (top); Plaza Mayor, Lima (bottom). BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Legends & Landscapes of Peru: Lima, Machu Picchu & Cusco April 20–28, 2020 Machu Picchu / Cusco Saturday, April 25 We will have a full morning to explore the site. You may wish to rise early to hike the short distance to the “sun gate,” Inti Punku, to witness the sun rise through the mist over Machu Picchu. Following lunch at the hotel, board the “Vistadome” train to Cusco. B, L, D Convent of Santo Domingo, Cusco, photo by Robert McNalley Cusco Sunday, April 26 Departure Discover this ancient capital of the Incas on a Cusco / Sacred Valley tour that includes the Plaza de Armas and its Monday, April 20 Thursday, April 23 strikingly ornate cathedral. A special highlight Fly to Lima, Peru’s cosmopolitan capital, and Depart on a flight to Cusco, enjoying majestic is the Convent of Santo Domingo, built atop check in to our hotel. aerial views of the dramatic scenery as we legendary Koricancha, the most sumptuous soar over the Andes. Upon arrival, continue by temple in the Inca Empire. Koricancha, which Lima, Peru coach to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Admire means “Golden Courtyard” in Quechua, was Tuesday, April 21 the lush and rugged landscape, Andean dedicated to the sun god and filled with life- Begin the day with an orientation tour of the towns—including Pisac, with its remarkable size, solid-gold statues of llamas, shepherds, centuries-old city of Lima, the City of Kings. sun temple overlooking the village—and green and other figures. B, L View important colonial buildings at the Plaza terraces that the Inca cut into hillsides to Mayor, whose origin predates that of the create flat spaces for farming, which are still Cusco Spanish, and marvel at the religious fervor of used to this day. Later, check into our hotel, Monday, April 27 the conquistadors at the Basilica and Convent and enjoy dinner together. B, L, D Travel a short distance from Cusco to see the of San Francisco and Santo Domingo. Explore less-visited South Valley, where we will tour the Museo de Arte de Lima with a curator Sacred Valley