Portable Universe, the/El Universo en tus Manos
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Author: Burtenshaw, Julia
Spanning all major pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia, and featuring some remarkable artworks – from intricately cast gold pendants and ceramic effigies to modern Indigenous stools, barkcloths and featherworks – this title radically recasts how we approach ancient Colombian art, presenting new historical findings, drawing heavily on contemporary Indigenous understandings to evoke a worldview in which these ancient pieces make sense and have power today.Featuring an innovative cover design with tip-on images, the book is arranged so as to envelop the works with life and meaning, and guide readers to different ways of understanding the world and our place in it. It includes insightful contributions by Indigenous Colombians, historians, ethnographers, archaeologists and art historians.'The Portable Universe/El Universo en tus Manos' recaptures some of the knowledge of Indigenous American cultures.
ISBN 9781636810225. DelMonico Books/Los Angeles County Museum of Art. hb. 344 pages. 302 colour ills. 29 x 22 cm.
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Spanning all major pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia, and featuring some remarkable artworks – from intricately cast gold pendants and ceramic effigies to modern Indigenous stools, barkcloths and featherworks – this title radically recasts how we approach ancient Colombian art, presenting new historical findings, drawing heavily on contemporary Indigenous understandings to evoke a worldview in which these ancient pieces make sense and have power today.Featuring an innovative cover design with tip-on images, the book is arranged so as to envelop the works with life and meaning, and guide readers to different ways of understanding the world and our place in it. It includes insightful contributions by Indigenous Colombians, historians, ethnographers, archaeologists and art historians.'The Portable Universe/El Universo en tus Manos' recaptures some of the knowledge of Indigenous American cultures.
ISBN 9781636810225. DelMonico Books/Los Angeles County Museum of Art. hb. 344 pages. 302 colour ills. 29 x 22 cm.
available