Feather Masterpieces of the Ancient Andean World
Author : Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd
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Page : 82 pages
File Size : 24,84 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Featherwork
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Author : Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd
Publisher :
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 24,84 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Featherwork
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Author : Claudia Brosseder
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 24,70 MB
Release : 2025-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0822989654
From majestic Amazonian macaws and highland Andean hawks to tiny colorful tanagers and tall flamingos, birds and their feathers played an important role in the Inka empire. Claudia Brosseder uncovers the many meanings that Inkas attached to the diverse fowl of the Amazon, the eastern Andean foothills, and the highlands. She shows how birds and feathers shaped Inka politics, launched wars, and initiated peace. Feathers provided protection against unpredictable enemies, made possible communication with deities, and brought an imagined Inka past into a political present. Richly textured contexts of feathered objects recovered from Late Horizon archaeological records and from sixteenth- and seventeenth-century accounts written by Spanish interlocutors enable new insights into Inka visions of interspecies relationships, an Inka ontology, and Inka views of the place of the human in their ecology. Inka Bird Idiom invites reconsideration of the deep intellectual ties that connected the Amazon and the mountain forests with the Andean highlands and the Pacific coast.
Author : Gerald W. R. Ward
Publisher :
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 22,88 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 0195313917
"The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques deals with all aspects of materials, techniques, conservation, and restoration in both traditional and nontraditional media, including ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, works on paper, textiles, video, digital art, and more. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in The Dictionary of Art and adding new entries, this work is a comprehensive reference resource for artists, art dealers, collectors, curators, conservators, students, researchers, and scholars." "Similar in design to The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, this one-volume reference work contains articles of various lengths in alphabetical order. The shorter, more factual articles are combined with larger, multi-section articles tracing the development of materials and techniques in various geographical locations. The Encyclopedia provides unparalleled scope and depth, and it offers fully updated articles and bibliography as well as over 150 illustrations and color plates." "The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques offers scholarly information on materials and techniques in art for anyone who studies, creates, collects, or deals in works of art. The entries are written to be accessible to a wide range of readers, and the work is designed as a reliable and convenient resource covering this essential area in the visual arts."
Author : Kellen Kee MacIntyre
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 24,95 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 9004153926
This illustrated anthology brings together for the first time a collection of essays that explore the position of women and the contributions made by them to the arts and architecture of early modern Latin America.
Author : Gordon Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1277 pages
File Size : 19,93 MB
Release : 2006-11-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0195189485
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.
Author : Carol Damian
Publisher : Grassfield Press, Incorporated
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 17,63 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN :
Reconstructs the history of the Virgin of Cuzco who, as a fusion of indigenous Andean and Spanish Christian beliefs and practices, represents both the Virgin Mary and Pachamama. Includes background chapters on Andean and Spanish beliefs and art. Major, mostly original work illuminates multiple aspe
Author : Jane Turner
Publisher :
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 36,75 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Art
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Author : Bryan Sentance
Publisher : Thames and Hudson
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,45 MB
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
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A comprehensive survey of crafts worldwide. It explains and illustrates the techniques used in a particular craft, from backstrap weaving and papercutting to metal casting and wood carving, as well as their history. Featuring over 500 illustrations, it is suitable for those concerned with art, craft and decorative objects.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 47,14 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Islamic art
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Publisher :
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Art
ISBN :