Ancient and modern craftspeople shaped jade, gold, feathers, and clay into exquisite artworks, but the meanings of those objects are intertwined with the living essence of the raw materials themselves. Thirty-five highlights, ancient to contemporary, provide a window into the spiritual and intellectual context in which these objects were understood by the Indigenous people who made and used them.

Al igual que lo hacian los artesanos de la antiguedad, los de hoy dan forma al jade, al oro, a las plumas o a la arcilla para crear exquisitas obras de arte, cuyo significado en tanto objetos esta entrelazado tambien con la esencia viva de las propias materias primas. 35 piezas destacadas de la coleccion de las Americas, tanto antiguas como contemporaneas, las que permiten apreciar el contexto espiritual e intelectual en el que eran concebidos estos objetos por los pueblos indigenas que los fabricaban y empleaban..

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* Fully bilingual English/Spanish edition

* Examines how, for people in the Indigenous Americas, materials had and continue to have a life of their own.

Foreword by Julia Marciari-Alexander, Andrea B. and John H. Laporte Director, the Walters Art Museum; Map; Introduction; Powerful Plants / Plantas poderosas; Admirable Animals / Animales admirables; Magical Minerals / Minerales magicos; Selected Bibliography; Index
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Product details

ISBN
9781913875930
Published
2025-05-20
Publisher
D Giles Ltd
Height
180 mm
Width
180 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Spansk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
96

Biographical note

Ellen Hoobler is the William B. Ziff, Jr. Curator of Art of the Americas at the Walters Art Museum. Patricia Lagarde is the Wieler-Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, Art of the Americas at the Walters Art Museum.