Andean Art At Dumbarton Oaks
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Andean Art At Dumbarton Oaks
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Author : Dumbarton Oaks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Andean Art At Dumbarton Oaks written by Dumbarton Oaks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Andes Region categories.
"Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks presents the Andean portion of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. It superbly illustrates all 133 Andean objects in color plates, and includes many complementary and comparative black-and-white illustrations and drawings. The body of Pre-Columbian art that Robert Bliss carefully assembled over a half-century between 1912 and 1963, and which has been amplified slightly since his death, is a remarkably significant collection. These works of art are among the finest examples of the visual arts produced by Andean cultures.... Andean Art is composed of five topical essays, shorter essays on the Andean cultures represented in the collection, and discussions of the individual objects. These were written by specialists in Pre-Columbian art, presenting the latest in scholarly thinking on Andean cultures and the objects. All thirteen authors bring broad perspectives from Andean culture history, archaeology, and art history to their contributions, but they focus their attentions primarily on the objects themselves, in order to provide meaningful contexts for them and to highlight how these objects, as works of art created and used purposefully, reveal special qualities of Andean culture. The reader is provided with a fine sense of how the creators and original owners of the pieces in the Bliss collection used and valued these artworks on many levels. The authors also place individual objets alongside others of their type in so far as possible. An extraordinary feature of this volume is the technical descriptions of the metal objects provided by metals specialist Heather Lechtman."--Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection website.
Andean Art At Dumbarton Oaks
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language : en
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Release Date : 1996
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Falsifications And Misreconstructions Of Pre Columbian Art
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Author : Dumbarton Oaks
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Release Date : 1982
Falsifications And Misreconstructions Of Pre Columbian Art written by Dumbarton Oaks and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Art categories.
Dumbarton Oaks
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Author : Dumbarton Oaks
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Release Date : 2008
Dumbarton Oaks written by Dumbarton Oaks and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
Dumbarton Oaks houses the extraordinary art collection begun by Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss. In this book the museum publishes the specialist collections in Byzantine and Pre-Columbian art, along with examples from the Blisses' superb European collection, for the first time. When Robert Bliss recalled handling a jade Olmec figurine in 1913, he said, "That day, the collector's microbe took root in--it must be confessed--very fertile soil." The Blisses' passion for art bore fruit in a remarkably diverse collection: Flemish tapestries, Renaissance furniture, and paintings by the likes of El Greco, Renoir, and Degas. The celebrated Byzantine collection includes floor mosaics from late antique Antioch, sumptuous jewelry, carved ivory reliefs, liturgical silver, and a comprehensive coin and seals collection. The Pre-Columbian collection showcases fine jade carvings, gold jewelry, monumental sculpture, ritual weaponry, colorful ceramics, and intricately woven textiles. The publication of this new guidebook coincides with the complete refurbishment of Dumbarton Oaks and the creative reinstallation of the galleries. The curators offer highlights of the collection, accompanied by a lucid and thought-provoking text. Dumbarton Oaks--The Collections is intended as a valuable resource and a pleasure to read for scholars and nonspecialists alike.
Olmec Art At Dumbarton Oaks
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Author : Karl A. Taube
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Release Date : 2004
Olmec Art At Dumbarton Oaks written by Karl A. Taube and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art categories.
Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks presents the Olmec portion of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. It illustrates all thirty-nine Olmec art objects in color plates and includes many complementary and comparative black-and-white illustrations and drawings. The body of Pre-Columbian art that Robert Bliss carefully assembled over a half-century between 1912 and 1963, amplified only slightly since his death, is a remarkably significant collection. In addition to their aesthetic quality and artistic significance, the objects hold much information regarding the social worlds and religious and symbolic views of the people who made and used them before the arrival of Europeans in the New World. This volume is the second in a series of catalogues that will treat objects in the Bliss Pre-Columbian Collection. The majority of the Olmec objects in the collection are made of jade, the most precious material for the peoples of ancient Mesoamerica from early times through the sixteenth century. Various items such as masks, statuettes, jewelry, and replicas of weapons and tools were used for ceremonial purposes and served as offerings. Karl Taube brings his expertise on the lifeways and beliefs of ancient Mesoamerican peoples to his study of the Olmec objects in teh Bliss collection. His understanding of jade covers a broad range of knowledge from chemical compositions to geological sources to craft technology to the symbolic power of the green stone. Throughout the book the author emphasizes the role of jade as a powerful symbol of water, fertility, and particularly, of the maize plant which was the fundamental source of life and sustenance for the Olmec. The shiny green of the stone was analogous to the green growth of maize. This fundamental concept was elaborated in specific religious beliefs, many of which were continued and elaborated by later Mesoamerican peoples, such as the Maya. Karl Taube employs his substantial knowledge of Pre-Columbian cultures to explore and explicate Olmec symbolism in this catalogue.
A Possible Focus Of Andean Artistic Influence In Mesoamerica
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
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A Possible Focus Of Andean Artistic Influence In Mesoamerica
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Author : Mino Badner
language : en
Publisher: Washington : Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University
Release Date : 1972
A Possible Focus Of Andean Artistic Influence In Mesoamerica written by Mino Badner and has been published by Washington : Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Art categories.
Variations In The Expression Of Inka Power
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Author : Richard L. Burger
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Release Date : 2007
Variations In The Expression Of Inka Power written by Richard L. Burger and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Until recently, little archaeological investigation has been dedicated to the Inka, the last great culture in Andean South America before the 16th-century arrival of the Spaniards. Using both theoretical and methodological approaches, scholars of the sciences, social sciences, and humanities provide a new understanding of Inka culture and history.
Faking The Ancient Andes
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Author : Karen O Bruhns
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-09-16
Faking The Ancient Andes written by Karen O Bruhns and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-16 with Social Science categories.
Nasca pots, Quimbaya figurines, Moche porn figures, stone shamans. Fakes and forgeries run rampant in the Andean art collections of international museums and private individuals. Authors Karen Bruhns and Nancy Kelker examine the phenomenon in this eye-opening volume. They discuss the most commonly forged classes and styles of artifacts, many of which were being duplicated as early as the 19th century. More important, they describe the system whereby these objects get made, purchased, authenticated, and placed in major museums as well as the complicity of forgers, dealers, curators, and collectors in this system. Unique to this volume are biographies of several of the forgers, who describe their craft and how they are able to effectively fool connoisseurs and specialists. This is an important accessible introduction to pre-Columbian art fraud for archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals alike. A parallel volume by the same authors discusses fakes in Mesoamerican archaeology.
Art And Vision In The Inca Empire
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Author : Adam Herring
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-05-22
Art And Vision In The Inca Empire written by Adam Herring and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-22 with Art categories.
This book offers a new, art-historical interpretation of pre-contact Inca culture and power and includes over sixty color images.