Anthropomorphic Imagery in the Mesoamerican Highlands : Gods, Ancestors, and Human Beings /

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"'Mexican, North American, and European researchers explore the meanings and functions of two-and three-dimensional human representations in pre-Columbian communities of Mexican highlands. They demonstrate the potential of anthropomorphic imagery to elucidate personhood, conceptions of the...

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Other Authors: Beekman, Christopher (Editor), Faugere, Brigitte (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Indian art.
Antiquities.
Anthropomorphism in art.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Anthropomorphisme dans l'art.
Indian art > Mexico.
Mexico.
Mexique > Antiquites.
Mexico > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"'Mexican, North American, and European researchers explore the meanings and functions of two-and three-dimensional human representations in pre-Columbian communities of Mexican highlands. They demonstrate the potential of anthropomorphic imagery to elucidate personhood, conceptions of the body, and the relationship to other entities, nature, and the cosmos."--
Physical Description:1 online resource (417 pages).
ISBN:9781607329954

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