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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Автор: Brittenham, Claudia (Автор)
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Мова:Англійська
Опубліковано: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2023.
Редагування:First edition.
Серія:Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.
Онлайн доступ:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7560/325964
Зміст:
  • 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.