Design for Eternity: Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas - Couverture souple

Pillsbury, Joanne

 
9781588395764: Design for Eternity: Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1588395766 ISBN 13 : 9781588395764
Editeur : Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015

Synopsis

From the first millennium B.C. until the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century, artists from across the ancient Americas created small-scale architectural effigies to be placed in the tombs of important individuals. These works in stone, ceramic, wood, and metal range from highly abstracted, minimalist representations of temples and houses to elaborate complexes populated with figures, conveying a rich sense of ancient ritual and daily life. Although described as models, these effigies were created not so much as reflections or prototypes of existing structures, but rather as critical, conceptual components of funerary practice and beliefs about an afterlife. 
 
Design for Eternity is the first publication in English to explore these architectural works, providing new insights into ancient American design and how it reflected the practices of daily life. The vivid illustrations and texts focus on architectural representation, as well as the role these intriguing sculptures played in mediating relationships among the living, the dead, and the divine. 
 

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press


Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(10/26/15–09/18/16)

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À propos de l'auteur

Joanne Pillsbury is Andrall E. Pearson Curator in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Éditeur
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1588395766
ISBN 13 
9781588395764
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
100
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THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
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