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Splendours of the Ancient Andes by María Longhena,Walter Alva Pdf
This illustrated volume tells the stories of the civilizations that succeeded one another over the centuries high up on the dry plateaus and snowy peaks of the Andes between 3000 BC and 1533 AD, the year that brought the collapse of the Inca world.
The Civilization of the Incas by Jeffrey Quilter Pdf
The glories of Inca and Pre-Columbian South America are vividly captured in this richly illustrated story of the rise and fall of the people of the region. The civilizations superbly imaginative craftsmanship in gold and silver, its beautiful textiles, embroidery, ceramics, and architecture are featured in spectacular color photography. Besides the magnificent artistic legacy that survived the ravages of the Conquistadors in the sixteenth century, this lavish volume celebrates the beliefs, deities, myth making, empire building, and often turbulent history that were the foundation of the artwork and literature. Some of the most dramatic sites of South America are featured, including Machu Picchu and Cuzco, the oracle at Pachacamac, the mysterious Nazca lines, and the imperial city of Chan Chan. Author Jeffrey Quilter, an anthropological archaeologist, is a specialist in Pre-Columbian culture, deputy director of the Peabody Museum, and a senior lecturer at Harvard University.
Wendell Clark Bennett,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Author : Wendell Clark Bennett,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Publisher : New York : Museum of Modern Art Page : 206 pages File Size : 48,6 Mb Release : 1954 Category : Art, Andean ISBN : UTEXAS:059172012189385
Ancient Arts of the Andes by Wendell Clark Bennett,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf
"Pre-Historic treasures of gold and silver, intricately woven tapestries, delicately painted paper-thin ceramics, and monumental stone carvings. More than 400 priceless objects have been assembled from private and public collections in Latin America, Canada, and the United States for this exhibition which will present for the first time under one roof the finest examples of art produced by ancient civilizations which flourished in the Andean region from about 1200 B.C. until the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century."--Excerpt from press release (see link below).
Centuries before the Incas, a number of advanced cultures flourished in the Andes. This beautifully illustrated study examines the rise and fall of these different peoples, and their magnificent legacy of design and craftsmanship. Surviving artifacts show incredible skill and sophistication, from exquisitely detailed textiles, ceramics, and metalwork to spectacular architectural sites. Tracing the connections between symbolism and belief, art, and myth, Treasures of the Andes sets the riches of South America in their historical and regional context and restores an important missing piece in the jigsaw puzzle of the world's great civilizations.
Wendell C. Bennett,The Museum of Modern Art (New York)
Author : Wendell C. Bennett,The Museum of Modern Art (New York) Publisher : Unknown Page : 188 pages File Size : 55,7 Mb Release : 1954 Category : Electronic ISBN : OCLC:468424450
Featuring approximately 145 of the most sumptuous and culturally significant Wari objects from collections in the United States, Peru, and Europe, and published to accompany the first exhibition in North America of their startlingly beautiful art An eminent ancestor of the better-known Inca, the Wari ascended to power in the south-central highlands of Peru in about AD 600, underwent a brief period of incandescently explosive growth, and then, by AD 1000, collapsed. Elite arts and the ideologies that informed them were among the Wari’s most prominent exports. From their capital, one of the largest archaeological sites in South America, they sent their religion along with elaborate objects and textiles out to highland provincial centers hundreds of miles to the north and south, and down into populous Pacific coastal areas to the west. The arts were crucial to the Wari’s political, economic, and religious communications: like other ancient Andean peoples, they did not write. The objects featured here cover the full range of Wari arts: elaborate textiles, which probably were at the core of their value systems; sophisticated ceramics of various styles; exquisite personal ornaments made of gold, silver, shell, or bone and often inlaid with precious materials; carved wood containers; and other works in stone and fiber.
Powerful Places in the Ancient Andes by Justin Jennings,Edward R. Swenson Pdf
Andean peoples recognize places as neither sacred nor profane, but rather in terms of the power they emanate and the identities they materialize and reproduce. This book argues that a careful consideration of Andean conceptions of powerful places is critical not only to understanding Andean political and religious history but to rethinking sociological theories on landscapes more generally. The contributors evaluate ethnographic and ethnohistoric analogies against the material record to illuminate the ways landscapes were experienced and politicized over the last three thousand years.
Author : Juliet B. Wiersema Publisher : Latin American and Caribbean A Page : 212 pages File Size : 47,7 Mb Release : 2015-01-30 Category : Architecture ISBN : STANFORD:36105212920727
Architectural Vessels of the Moche by Juliet B. Wiersema Pdf
Adding an important new chapter to pre-Columbian art history, this volume is the first to assemble and analyze a comprehensive body of ancient Andean architectural representations, as well as the first that explores their connections to full-scale pre-Hispanic ritual architecture.
Author : Philip Ainsworth Means Publisher : Riverrun Press (New York, NY) Page : 684 pages File Size : 40,9 Mb Release : 1964 Category : History ISBN : UOM:39015000640741
Ancient Civilizations of the Andes by Philip Ainsworth Means Pdf
"The Andean area may, for the purposes of this volume, be defined as including the republics of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, together with adjacent portions of Colombia, Argentina, and Chile." p. 3. For other editions, see Author Catalog.
The Cities of the Ancient Andes by Adriana Von Hagen,Craig Morris Pdf
Reconstructs how life was in the ancient cities of the Andes including how village settlements gave way to religious centers, how city-states became empires, and the importance of Machu Picchu.
Andean Archaeology II by Helaine Silverman,William H. Isbell Pdf
The origins and development of civilization are vital components to the understanding of the cultural processes that create human societies. Comparing and contrasting the evolutionary sequences from different civilizations is one approach to discovering their unique development. One area for comparison is in the Central Andes where several societies remained in isolation without a written language. As a direct result, the only resource to understand these societies is their material artifacts. In this second volume, the focus is on the art and landscape remains and what they uncover about societies of the Central Andes region. The ancient art and landscape, revealing the range and richness of the societies of the area significantly shaped the development of Andean archaeology. This work includes discussions on: - pottery and textiles; - iconography and symbols; - ideology; - geoglyphs and rock art. This volume will be of interest to Andean archaeologists, cultural and historical anthropologists, material archaeologists and Latin American historians.
Author : Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Publisher : Unknown Page : 44 pages File Size : 42,6 Mb Release : 1955 Category : Andes ISBN : UTEXAS:059173023503934
