Art, Nature, and Religion in the Central Andes : : Themes and Variations from Prehistory to the Present / / Mary Strong.
From prehistory to the present, the Indigenous peoples of the Andes have used a visual symbol system—that is, art—to express their sense of the sacred and its immanence in the natural world. Many visual motifs that originated prior to the Incas still appear in Andean art today, despite the onslaught...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Themes
- Chapter 1 Pre-Columbian Andeans
- Chapter 2 Andean Thinking
- Part II. Variations
- Chapter 3 The Spanish Colonial Period
- Chapter 4. Globalization Today
- Part III. Andean Arts Today
- Chapter 5 The Scissors Dance (La Danza de las Tijeras)
- Chapter 6 Home Altars (Retablos)
- Chapter 7 Carved Gourds (Mates)
- Chapter 8 Ceramics (Cerámica)
- Chapter 9 Painted Boards (Tablas de Sarhua)
- Chapter 10 Weavings (Textiles)
- Chapter 11 Tinware (Hojalatería) and Huamanga Stone Carving (Piedra de Huamanga)
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index