1# Library to Find Best eBook for Read
Author : Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Release : 1938
Genre : Incas
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Inca Treasure as Depicted by Spanish Historians by : Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Download or read book Inca Treasure as Depicted by Spanish Historians written by Samuel Kirkland Lothrop. This book was released on 1938. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : S. K. Lothrop
Release : 1938
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Inca Treasure as Depicted by Spanish Historians by : S. K. Lothrop
Download or read book Inca Treasure as Depicted by Spanish Historians written by S. K. Lothrop. This book was released on 1938. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew James Hamilton
Release : 2018-06-05
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 195/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Scale and the Incas by : Andrew James Hamilton
Download or read book Scale and the Incas written by Andrew James Hamilton. This book was released on 2018-06-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking work on how the topic of scale provides an entirely new understanding of Inca material culture Although questions of form and style are fundamental to art history, the issue of scale has been surprisingly neglected. Yet, scale and scaled relationships are essential to the visual cultures of many societies from around the world, especially in the Andes. In Scale and the Incas, Andrew Hamilton presents a groundbreaking theoretical framework for analyzing scale, and then applies this approach to Inca art, architecture, and belief systems. The Incas were one of humanity's great civilizations, but their lack of a written language has prevented widespread appreciation of their sophisticated intellectual tradition. Expansive in scope, this book examines many famous works of Inca art including Machu Picchu and the Dumbarton Oaks tunic, more enigmatic artifacts like the Sayhuite Stone and Capacocha offerings, and a range of relatively unknown objects in diverse media including fiber, wood, feathers, stone, and metalwork. Ultimately, Hamilton demonstrates how the Incas used scale as an effective mode of expression in their vast multilingual and multiethnic empire. Lavishly illustrated with stunning color plates created by the author, the book's pages depict artifacts alongside scale markers and silhouettes of hands and bodies, allowing readers to gauge scale in multiple ways. The pioneering visual and theoretical arguments of Scale andthe Incas not only rewrite understandings of Inca art, but also provide a benchmark for future studies of scale in art from other cultures.
Author : Andrew James Hamilton
Release : 2024-05-14
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 969/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Royal Inca Tunic by : Andrew James Hamilton
Download or read book The Royal Inca Tunic written by Andrew James Hamilton. This book was released on 2024-05-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca art The most celebrated Andean artwork in the world is a five-hundred-year-old Inca tunic made famous through theories about the meanings of its intricate designs, including attempts to read them as a long-lost writing system. But very little is really known about it. The Royal Inca Tunic reconstructs the history of this enigmatic object, presenting significant new findings about its manufacture and symbolism in Inca visual culture. Andrew James Hamilton draws on meticulous physical examinations of the garment conducted over a decade, wide-ranging studies of colonial Peruvian manuscripts, and groundbreaking research into the tunic’s provenance. He methodically builds a case for the textile having been woven by two women who belonged to the very highest echelon of Inca artists for the last emperor of the Inca Empire on the eve of the Spanish invasion in 1532. Hamilton reveals for the first time that this imperial vestment remains unfinished and has suffered massive dye fading that transforms its appearance today, and he proposes a bold new conception of what this radiant masterpiece originally looked like. Featuring stunning photography of the tunic and Hamilton’s own beautiful illustrations, The Royal Inca Tunic demonstrates why this object holds an important place in the canon of art history as a deft creation by Indigenous women artists, a reminder of the horrors of colonialism, and an emblem of contemporary Andean identity.
Author : Richard L. Burger
Release : 2007
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 517/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Variations in the Expression of Inka Power by : Richard L. Burger
Download or read book Variations in the Expression of Inka Power written by Richard L. Burger. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, little archaeological investigation has been dedicated to the Inka, the last great culture in Andean South America before the 16th-century arrival of the Spaniards. Using both theoretical and methodological approaches, scholars of the sciences, social sciences, and humanities provide a new understanding of Inka culture and history.
