Design for eternity architectural models from the ancient Americas Joanne Pillsbury, Patricia Joan Sarro, James Doyle, Juliet Wiersema

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pillsbury, Joanne

Contributor:

Sarro, Patricia Joan

Doyle, James A., 1983-

Wiersema, Juliet B., 1967-

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural models--Mexico--Exhibitions.

Architectural models.

Architectural models--Central America--Exhibitions.

Architectural models--Andes Region--Exhibitions.

Small sculpture, Ancient--Mexico--Exhibitions.

Small sculpture, Ancient.

Small sculpture, Ancient--Central America--Exhibitions.

Small sculpture, Ancient--Andes Region--Exhibitions.

Indigenous peoples of Mexico--Antiquities--Exhibitions.

Indigenous peoples of Mexico.

Indigenous peoples of Central America--Antiquities--Exhibitions.

Indigenous peoples of Central America.

Indigenous peoples of South America--Antiquities--Exhibitions.

Indigenous peoples of South America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 90 pages) illustrations, maps

Distribution:

New Haven Yale University Press [2015]

Place of Publication:

New York Metropolitan Museum Of Art [2015]

Summary:

"From the first millennium B.C. until the arrival of Europeans in the sixteenth century, artists from the ancient Americas created small-scale architectural models 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 architectural complexes populated with figures. Such miniature structures were critical components in funerary practice and beliefs about an afterlife, and they convey a rich sense of ancient ritual as well as the daily lives of the Aztecs, the Incas, and their predecessors. This exhibition, the first of its kind in the United States, will shed light on the role of these objects in mediating relationships between the living, the dead, and the divine. It will also provide a rare look at ancient American architecture, much of which did not survive to the present day. Some thirty remarkable loans from museums in the United States and Peru will join works from the Metropolitan Museum's permanent collection, which is particularly rich in this material."--Museum's website

Notes:

Catalog of the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 26, 2015-September 18, 2016

Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-85) and index

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Other Format:

Print version Pillsbury, Joanne. Design for eternity

OCLC:

1411720235