A sourcebook of Nasca ceramic iconography : reading a culture through its art / Donald A. Proulx.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: xii, 236 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0877459797
- 9780877459798
- 985 22
- F3429.3.P8 P76 2006
Contents:
Summary: For almost eight hundred years Nasca artists modeled and painted the plants and animals of their homeland on Peru's south coast, as well as numerous abstract anthropomorphic creatures whose form and meaning are often incomprehensible today.
Overview of the Nasca culture -- Nasca pottery and its artistic canons -- The discovery of the Nasca style and its chronological placement -- Approaches to the interpretation of Nasca iconography -- A description and interpretation of the major themes in Nasca ceramic iconography -- New insights on Nasca society.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 985 PRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A427142B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index.
Overview of the Nasca culture -- Nasca pottery and its artistic canons -- The discovery of the Nasca style and its chronological placement -- Approaches to the interpretation of Nasca iconography -- A description and interpretation of the major themes in Nasca ceramic iconography -- New insights on Nasca society.
For almost eight hundred years Nasca artists modeled and painted the plants and animals of their homeland on Peru's south coast, as well as numerous abstract anthropomorphic creatures whose form and meaning are often incomprehensible today.
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