Traveling with Cortés and Pizarro: Discovering Fine Pre-Columbian Art

Handler, Stuart; Thomson, Hugh; Stuhr, Joanne

ISBN 10: 8874398085 / ISBN 13: 9788874398089

Edité par Five Continents Editions, 2018

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• Titre: Traveling with Cortés and Pizarro: Discovering Fine Pre-Columbian Art
• Éditeur: Five Continents Editions
• Date de parution: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 8874398085
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9788874398089
• Reliure: hardcover
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 110 onces

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Synopsis

Along with 150 full-color glossy illustrations of the terracotta, earthenware, stone, silver, and copper objects, a Pre-Columbian art lover and prestigious curator journey into a fine art collection, describing the rich cultural context and artistic merits of each work. On his part, the acclaimed author, explorer, and filmmaker Hugh Thomson gives a detailed, exciting narrative - based upon extensive research - of the role art played in the conquest of Mexico by Hernán Cortés and of Peru by Francisco Pizarro. It is rare that a collector takes such a personal, descriptive part in publishing his treasure trove, but in this lavishly illustrated book, Stuart Handler describes why he gathered Pre-Columbian art, what attracted him to the individual pieces, and what artistic attributes make these objects outstanding works. Contents: The Collection and Patrimony by Stewart Handler; Introduction: Beginning the Journey, by Stewart Handler; Traveling with Cortés, by Hugh Thomson; Traveling with Pizarro, by Hugh Thomson; The Stuart Handler Collection; Index.

À propos de l?auteur

Hugh Thomson is an award-winning British writer and filmmaker as well as an acclaimed explorer. He has led research expeditions in Peru, exploring Inca settlements. Among his films: Indian Journeys, with William Dalrymple. His many books include: The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland (2001) and Tequila Oil: Getting Lost in Mexico (2009). Joanne Stuhr is a distinguished art historian and independent curator who works with museums and private collections throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe. Stuhr's books include Talking Birds, Plumed Serpents and Painted Women: Prehistoric Ceramics of Casas Grandes; Heaven, Hell, and the Places in Between: Latin American Folk Art from the Cecere Collection; Ritual Beauty: Art of the Ancient Americas; Pre-Columbian Inspiration in Mexican Silver Design; The Figure Examined in American and European Art of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Stuart Handler has been collecting art for forty-five years, building collections in the areas of American abstract expressionism, contemporary realism, Mexican folk art, Mexican festival masks, and Pre-Columbian art. Edward Parrinello is a renowned photographer of jewellery and tribal art.