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Although questions of form and style are fundamental to art history, the issue of scale has been surprisingly neglected. Yet, scale and scaled relationships are essential to the visual cultures of many societies from around the world, especially in the Andes. In Scale and the Incas, Andrew Hamilton...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamilton, Andrew James (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Incas > South America > Antiquities.
Proportion > Antiquities.
Archaeology > South America.
Ratio and proportion.
Scaling (Social sciences)
Proportion (Art)
Incas > Material culture.
Inca art.
Incas > Antiquities.
Archéologie > Amérique du Sud.
Rapport et proportion.
Construction d'une échelle (Sciences sociales)
Proportions (Art)
Incas > Culture matérielle.
Art inca.
Incas > Antiquités.
Incas > Amérique du Sud > Antiquités.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
ART > Criticism & Theory.
Archaeology.
South America > Antiquities.
Amérique du Sud > Antiquités.
South America.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Orthography; CHAPTER ONE On Scale; Scale & World Art; Scale, Scholarship & the â#x80;#x9C;Western Traditionâ#x80;#x9D;; A Theory of Scale; Scale in the Abstract; Scale in Practice; Scale & Meaning; Andean Scaled Relationships; The Inca Intellectual Tradition; CHAPTER TWO Scale & Material Culture; Architectural Models; Conopas; Camelid Conopas; Vegetable Conopas; Other Conopas; Purucaya Offerings; Other Funerary Offerings; Commensurate-Scale Tools; Commensurate-Scale Camelids; Chutas; CHAPTER THREE Scale & Built Environments; Mountains.
  • Modeling the LandscapeThe â#x80;#x9C;Golden Gardenâ#x80;#x9D; of the Coricancha; Scale & Stonework; Reduced-Scale Mountains; Reduced-Scale Landscapes; The Sayhuite Stone; Teteqaqa; Machu Picchu; CHAPTER FOUR Scale & Inca Worldviews; Constellations; Giants; Dwarfs; Cuzco; The Citua; Other Cuzcos; Hanan & Hurin; The Haucaypata; The Punchao; The Inca Emperor; The Son of the Sun; Royal Tunic; Huauques; The Inca People; Reduced Scale Figures & Textiles; The Capacocha; CHAPTER FIVE Conclusion; Notes to Text; Notes to Plates; Notes to Figures; Bibliography; Index.

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