Title & Author:

The New World's old world : photographic views of ancient America / edited by May Castleberry.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2003.

Description:

268 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the AXA Gallery, New York, May 8-July 19, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-265).
Introduction: The New World's old world / May Castleberry -- Primordial stones: reading ancient Mesoamerica / Kathleen Stewart Howe -- Necessity for ruins: photography and archaeology in the American Southwest / Martha A. Sandweiss -- Images of a sacred geography / Edward Ranney -- Site descriptions / Georgia de Havenon.
Dust jacket.
Includes reproductions of CCA collection material.

Summary:

"This companion volume to the exhibition "New World's Old World," considers the achievements of photographers such as Ansel Adams, Josef Albers, Francois Aubert, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Martin Chambi, Desire Charnay, Linda Connor, Laura Gilpin, Javier Hinojosa, Leandro Katz, Timothy O'Sullivan, Edward Weston, and others. They were at once partners to amateur and professional archaeologists as well as independent interpreters who contributed to the ongoing discovery and rediscovery of prehistoric and pre-Columbian sites in North, Central, and South America. Whether they sought to evoke the past or impose a contemporary aesthetic on its remains, all of the photographers represented in these pages derived inspiration from surviving artifacts of ancient American cultures. These photographs and essays reflect diverse approaches to monuments and archaeological landscapes. The images themselves range from early expeditionary documentation to responses that dispute the historical accuracy of previous photography."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0826329713
9780826329714

Subject:

Indians Antiquities Pictorial works.
Photography America History.
Peuples autochtones Antiquités Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie Amérique Histoire.
Antiquities.
Indians Antiquities.
Photography.
Indigenous peoples Antiquities Pictorial works.
America Antiquities Pictorial works.
Amérique Antiquités Ouvrages illustrés.
America.
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works.
History.
Pictorial works.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Castleberry, May.
AXA Gallery

Holdings:

Location: Library study room photo 229830
Call No.: E61 .N53 2003
Status: Available