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Design for Eternity: Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas
Joanne Pillsbury
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Description for Design for Eternity: Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages, 87 color illus. BIC Classification: 1K; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 243 x 12. Weight in Grams: 502.
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.
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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.
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Product Details
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
502g
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781588395764
SKU
V9781588395764
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About Joanne Pillsbury
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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