El arte de ser Diaguita = : the art of being Diaguita / [edición general : Carole Sinclaire Aguirre]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sinclaire Aguirre, Carole, editor, curator.

Museo Chileno de Arte de Precolombino, issuing body, host institution.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Diaguita Indians--Antiquities--Exhibitions.

Diaguita Indians.

Diaguita pottery--Exhibitions.

Diaguita pottery.

Indian art--Chile--Exhibitions.

Indian art.

Antiquities.

Diaguita Indians--Antiquities.

Chile--Antiquities--Exhibitions.

Chile.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (109 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Other Title:

The art of being Diaguita

Place of Publication:

Santiago de Chile : Museo Chileno de Arte de Precolombino, 2016.

Language Note:

Parallel texts in English and Spanish.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Pre-Columbian Diaguita art with emphasis on the ceramic tradition that was unique among indigenous societies occupying the territory of what is now Chile. The ancient Diaguita were herders and farmers who lived in the fertile ravines of the Norte Chico region. They were allies of the Incas, accompanying them in the expansion of their empire northward to Copiapó and southward to Central Chile. Descendants of the even more ancient El Molle and Las Ánimas cultures, the Diaguita expressed their identities in a special way through a ceramic tradition that was unique among ancient indigenous societies occupying the territory of what is now Chile. Their ceramic pieces are characterized by complex abstract designs that follow intricate geometric patterns that seem to be shamanic in originches Those same designs have remained present to this day in the imaginary of Diaguita territory, where it can be found on murals, sidewalks and other surfaces, as well as in excellent reproductions crafted by local artisans.

Contents:

Diaguitas en el tiempo y el espacio = Diaguita in time and space

Breve historia diaguita antes del arribo de los conquistadores españoles = A brief history of the diaguita culture before the arrival of the spanish conquistadors / Gloria Cabello Baettig

Arte visual de la cultura diaguita chilena y su contexto social y simbólico = Visual art of the diaguita culture of chile and its social and symbolic context / Paola González Carvajal

Pueblos de indios del Norte Chico y los diaguitas actuales = Indian towns of the Norte Chico and Chile's present-day diaguitas / Raúl Molina Otárola.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held November 2016 to May 2017 at the Museo Chileno de Arte de Precolombino in Santiago, Chile.

Open access content.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-106).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's website, viewed in 2020)

Other Format:

Online version.

ISBN:

9789562430746

956243074X

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access