Pintados by Heinz Sterzenbach

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Pintados, Acrylic Collage, Canvas, 29,5x29,5 inch, 2007. The title of the picture originates from the Spanish designation of the Geoglyphe or also in German: "scratching picture", which one can see in the center of the picture. It is called "Giant Atacamba" and is in the Atacamba desert in Chile. Pintados are soil designs in the Chilean high country. The figures and designs are in the range between Antofagasta and Valparaiso, about 100 km far away from the Iquique. From the bird perspective one can see the long hairs of a cat and the feathers/springs of a grab bird, which adorn the 95 meters long "Giant Atacamba". It concerns the world-wide largest representation of humans. The Geoglyphe originates from that 10. Century, the artists of the Tihuanaco culture adhered strict to the Nasca model: the bright sand surfaces were released in such a way from the rubble that a figure developed. The almost geometrical equal measure of such a "scratching picture" is amazing, which the creators of the puzzling monuments reached also without control view from air. The Nasca lines are called the eight world miracle. Between the Andes mountains and the Pacific on an extraordinarily dry coastal strip, the 4000 kilometers long and approximativ 200 kilometers wide strip, cover these enormous soil designs hundreds of square kilometers. The country reminds of the surface of the moon - unsuitable for any life. The native ones call this region pampa. Although the Geoglyphes were already created before 2000 years, they have maintained until today her original shape, since the weather is continuous in pampa dryings. Only around 1920 the Nasca designs were discovered, when the first airlines flew over the Andes mountains and the pilots noticed on the desert soil "lines". Admit became these soil designs by Maria Reiche, who had dedicated her life to the study of the Nasca desert drawings. The Geoglyphen developed in the following way: If one removes the dark stones of the highest formation, t