Pillsbury, Joanne, author.
Design for eternity : architectural models from the ancient Americas / Joanne Pillsbury, Patricia Joan Sarro, James Doyle, Juliet Wiersema.
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2015]
ix, 90 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm
"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.
1588395766 (paperback)
9781588395764 (paperback)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Exhibitions.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Architectural models Mexico Exhibitions.
Architectural models Central America Exhibitions.
Architectural models Andes Region Exhibitions.
Small sculpture, Ancient Mexico Exhibitions.
Small sculpture, Ancient Central America Exhibitions.
Small sculpture, Ancient Andes Region Exhibitions.
Indian architecture Mexico Exhibitions.
Indian architecture Central America Exhibitions.
Indian architecture Andes Region Exhibitions.
Indians of Mexico Antiquities Exhibitions.
Indians of Central America Antiquities Exhibitions.
Indians of South America Andes Region Antiquities Exhibitions.
Grave goods Mexico Exhibitions.
Grave goods Central America Exhibitions.
Grave goods Andes Region Exhibitions.
Modèles architecturaux Mexique Expositions.
Modèles architecturaux Amérique centrale Expositions.
Petite sculpture antique Mexique Expositions.
Petite sculpture antique Amérique centrale Expositions.
Architecture précolombienne Mexique Expositions.
Architecture précolombienne Amérique centrale Expositions.
Peuples autochtones Mexique Antiquités Expositions.
Mobilier funéraire Mexique Expositions.
Mobilier funéraire Amérique centrale Expositions.
Antiquities
Architectural models
Grave goods
Indian architecture
Indians of Central America Antiquities
Indians of Mexico Antiquities
Indians of South America Antiquities
Small sculpture, Ancient
Mexico Antiquities Exhibitions.
Central America Antiquities Exhibitions.
Andes Region Antiquities Exhibitions.
Mexique Antiquités Expositions.
Andes Region
Central America
Mexico
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Sarro, Patricia Joan, author.
Doyle, James A., 1983- author.
Wiersema, Juliet B., 1967- author.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body, host institution.
Location: Library main 291693
Call No.: BIB 235471
Status: Available
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