Painting the Cosmos
Art and Iconography of the Ceramics of Ancient Panama
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2024
University of New Mexico Press (Verlag)
978-0-8263-6714-3 (ISBN)
University of New Mexico Press (Verlag)
978-0-8263-6714-3 (ISBN)
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The result of decades of study, Alan Grinnell's Painting the Cosmos presents the spectacular and underappreciated art of Panama and its revealing iconography. The book illustrates more than 800 ceramic vessels in full color, many of which will be unfamiliar even to pre-Columbian specialists, and proposes interpretations of the iconography.
The result of decades of study, Alan Grinnell's Painting the Cosmos presents the spectacular and underappreciated art of Panama and its revealing iconography. Emphasizing brightly painted polychrome designs with complex iconography on myriad ceramic forms, the art of Central Panama (ca. 200 BCE-1400 CE) is highly distinctive compared to other pre-Columbian cultures. The book illustrates more than eight hundred vessels in full color, many of which will be unfamiliar even to pre-Columbian specialists, and proposes interpretations of the iconography informed by the archaeology, history, and ethnohistory of the region. In these animistic cultures, much of the iconography reflected interactions of humans with the natural world. The author identifies persistent design themes that reflect the myths and beliefs of these ancient peoples.
Enriched by current scholarship, this beautifully produced volume fills a major gap in the knowledge of and appreciation for the art and cultures of the ancient Americas. It serves as both an introduction to this unique and relatively unknown culture and a resource for scholars in pre-Columbian history, art, and culture.
The result of decades of study, Alan Grinnell's Painting the Cosmos presents the spectacular and underappreciated art of Panama and its revealing iconography. Emphasizing brightly painted polychrome designs with complex iconography on myriad ceramic forms, the art of Central Panama (ca. 200 BCE-1400 CE) is highly distinctive compared to other pre-Columbian cultures. The book illustrates more than eight hundred vessels in full color, many of which will be unfamiliar even to pre-Columbian specialists, and proposes interpretations of the iconography informed by the archaeology, history, and ethnohistory of the region. In these animistic cultures, much of the iconography reflected interactions of humans with the natural world. The author identifies persistent design themes that reflect the myths and beliefs of these ancient peoples.
Enriched by current scholarship, this beautifully produced volume fills a major gap in the knowledge of and appreciation for the art and cultures of the ancient Americas. It serves as both an introduction to this unique and relatively unknown culture and a resource for scholars in pre-Columbian history, art, and culture.
Alan Grinnell has been on the faculty of the University of California Los Angeles since 1964, where he is now a Distinguished Research Professor and the Associate Dean of Life Sciences emeritus. His interest in ancient American cultures led to his being named a research associate of UCLA's Fowler Museum of Cultural History in 1990.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.12.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 845 Illustrations, 827 color photos, 7 drawings, 8 halftones, 1 maps, 2 tables |
| Verlagsort | Albuquerque, NM |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 229 x 305 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8263-6714-3 / 0826367143 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8263-6714-3 / 9780826367143 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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