Architectural Vessels of the Moche - Ceramic Diagrams of Sacred Space in Ancient Peru

Klappentext Adding an important new chapter to pre-Columbian art history, this volume is the first to assemble and analyze a comprehensive body of ancient Andean architectural representations, as well as the first that explores their connections to full-scale pre-Hispanic ritual architecture. Zusammenfassung Adding an important new chapter to pre-Columbian art history, this volume is the first to assemble and analyze a comprehensive body of ancient Andean architectural representations, as well as the first that explores their connections to full-scale pre-Hispanic ritual architecture. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Moche Architectural Vessels: An Overview2. Visualizing and Visually Communicating Architectural Space3. The Moche Architectural Vessel Corpus and Its Correspondence with the Archaeological Record4. Ceramic Diagrams of Sacred Space: Vessels of the Enclosed Gabled Type5. Moche Architectural Whistling Vessels: Their Technical Construction and Acoustic Properties6. Architectural Representations in Other CulturesConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Juliet B Wiersema, Juliet B. Wiersema
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2015
• EAN: 9780292761254
• ISBN: 978-0-292-76125-4
• No. of pages: 203
• Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation; Latin American and Caribbean A; Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation; Latin American and Caribbean A
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture