The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred LandscapesA lavishly illustrated catalog of a traveling exhibition marking the Columbus quincentennial explores the common threads in fourteen pre-Columbian cultures, from the Olmec, Maya and Aztec of Mexico and Guatemala through the Chavin culture (900-200 B.C.) of the Andes to the Moche, Chimu and the Inca empire, accompanied by essays from 26 scholars examining sacred geographies, myths and ancient beliefs as they are transmitted through visual arts and architecture. |
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Page 90
... visual and subjective ambiguities ; the depicted scenes appear to be occurring in a spatial void . Mimbres pottery paintings are compli- cated , tense , and enigmatic . Their figure- ground relationships are in constant flux , creating ...
... visual and subjective ambiguities ; the depicted scenes appear to be occurring in a spatial void . Mimbres pottery paintings are compli- cated , tense , and enigmatic . Their figure- ground relationships are in constant flux , creating ...
Page 95
... visual meta- phors obscure clues to mythic traditions that should bear a living relationship to those of modern Pueblo people . " There has been some success in establishing such connections , but the meaning of many paintings remains ...
... visual meta- phors obscure clues to mythic traditions that should bear a living relationship to those of modern Pueblo people . " There has been some success in establishing such connections , but the meaning of many paintings remains ...
Page 357
... visual dialogue was intended to heighten the visitor's sense of the sacred elements contained in the shapes of the landscape . As their legends describe , the division for the Incas between the visible landscape and the social world was ...
... visual dialogue was intended to heighten the visitor's sense of the sacred elements contained in the shapes of the landscape . As their legends describe , the division for the Incas between the visible landscape and the social world was ...
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