Unseen art : making, vision, and power in ancient Mesoamerica /

"Claudia Brittenham is interested in understanding a puzzling phenomenon in Mesoamerican art history: why many of the objects that we now view in museums were, in their original contexts, extraordinarily difficult to see. We have become so used to seeing art, usually fully displayed when in a m...

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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Brittenham, Claudia (Údar)
Formáid: Licensed eBooks
Teanga:Béarla
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2023.
Eagrán:First edition.
Sraith:Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.
Rochtain ar líne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7560/325964
Clár na nÁbhar:
  • Introduction. Seeing and knowing
  • Making : building community at La Venta
  • Vision : seeing Maya lintels
  • Power : carving the undersides of Aztec sculpture
  • Conclusion. The language of Zuyua.