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" Visual Culture of the Ancient Americas : "
edited by Andrew Finegold and Ellen Hoobler ; Afterword by Esther Pasztory.
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839482
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Visual Culture of the Ancient Americas : : Contemporary Perspectives /\ edited by Andrew Finegold and Ellen Hoobler ; Afterword by Esther Pasztory.
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Norman :: University of Oklahoma Press,, [2017]
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xiii, 295 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 27 cm
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0806155701
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: 9780806155708
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-278) and index.
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List of illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Esther and Columbia in 1966 : the early years of pre-Columbian art history in U.S. academe / Cecelia F. Klein -- 2. Aesthetics of a line, entangled in a network : a tribute to Esther Pasztory's vision of Andean art / Gary Urton -- 3. Humboldt and the Inca ruin of Cañar / Georgia de Havenon -- 4. From a republic of letters to an empire of images : archaeological illustration and the Andes, 1850-1890 / Joanne Pillsbury -- 5. Life after death in Teotihuacan : the Moon Plaza's monoliths in colonial and modern Mexico / Leonardo López Luján -- 6. National icons and political interests : memories of Teotihuacan : city of the gods / Kathleen Berrin -- 7. Figures in action : contextualizing the butterfly personage at Teotihuacan, Mexico / Cynthia Conides -- 8. An "artistic discovery" of antiquity : Alfonso Caso, the archaeologist as curator at the New York World's Fair and MoMA's Twenty centuries of Mexican art, 1939-1940 / Ellen Hoobler -- 9. Objects and identities : ten important artifacts in the history of the ancient arts of Honduras / Jennifer von Schwerin with Franziska Fecher -- 10. Myth, ritual, history, and the built environment : Maya radial temples and ballcourts from the preclassic to postclassic periods / Jeff Karl Kowalski -- 11. Seasonal images in the ancient art of central Mexico / Susan Milbrath -- 12. Decolonizing Aztec picture-writing / Janice Lynn Robertson -- 13. The axochiatl pattern : Aztec science, legitimacy, and cross-dressing / Lois Martin -- 14. The goldsmith emerges : Aztec gold ornaments in the provinces / Timothy B. King -- 15. Atlatls and the metaphysics of violence in central Mexico / Andrew Finegold -- Afterword: From primitivism to multiple modernities and beyond / Esther Pasztory.
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"In the past fifty years, the study of indigenous and pre-Columbian art has evolved from a groundbreaking area of inquiry in the mid-1960s to an established field of research. This period also spans the career of art historian Esther Pasztory. Few scholars have made such a broad and lasting impact as Pasztory, both in terms of our understanding of specific facets of ancient American art as well as in our appreciation of the evolving analytical tendencies related to the broader field of study as it developed and matured. The essays collected in this volume reflect scholarly rigor and new perspectives on ancient American art and are contributed by many of Pasztory's former students and colleagues. A testament to the sheer breadth of Pasztory's accomplishments, Visual Culture of the Ancient Americas covers a wide range of topics, from Aztec picture-writing to nineteenth-century European scientific illustration of Andean sites in Peru. The essays, written by both established and rising scholars from across the field, focus on three areas: the ancient Andes, including its representation by European explorers and scholars of the nineteenth century; Classic period Mesoamerica and its uses within the cultural heritage debate of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; and Postclassic Mesoamerica, particularly the deeper and heretofore often hidden meanings of its cultural production. Figures, maps, and color plates demonstrate the vibrancy and continued allure of indigenous artworks from the ancient Americas. "Pre-Columbian art can give more," Pasztory declares, and the scholars featured here make a compelling case for its incorporation into art theory as a whole. The result is a collection of essays that celebrates Pasztory's central role in the development of the field of Ancient American visual studies, even as it looks toward the future of the discipline." -- Publisher's description
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"A contributed volume featuring studies on Latin American art and archaeology by former students and current colleagues of Esther Pasztory, an influential art historian who is now professor emerita at Columbia University"--Provided by publisher.
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Art, Ancient-- Latin America-- History.
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Indian art-- Latin America-- History.
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Indians of Central America-- Antiquities.
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Indians of Mexico-- Antiquities.
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Indians of South America-- Antiquities.
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Visual communication-- Latin America-- History-- To 1500.
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Antiquities.
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Art, Ancient.
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Indian art.
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Indians of Central America-- Antiquities.
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Indians of Mexico-- Antiquities.
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Indians of South America-- Antiquities.
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Visual communication.
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Latin America, Antiquities.
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Latin America.
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| Dewey Classification
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980/.01
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E59.A7V57 2017
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Finegold, Andrew,1976-
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Hoobler, Ellen,1976-
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Pasztory, Esther
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