Art of the Andes: From Chavín to Inca

by Rebecca R. Stone

Overview

This wide-ranging survey has established itself as the best singlevolume introduction to Andean art and architecture, and is an essential guide to pre-Columbian Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia for the general reader, student, traveler, and artist alike. Describing the strikingly varied artistic achievements of the Chavín, Paracas,
Moche, Nasca, Chimu, and Inca cultures, among others, Rebecca Stone has rewritten and expanded the text throughout, touching on many of the recent discoveries and advances in the field.
Throughout this fully revised third edition, Stone demonstrates how the Andean peoples adapted and refined their aesthetic response to a formidable and demanding environment and explored the interface between the terrestrial and the otherworldly according to the value they placed on shamanic religious experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780500204153
Publisher:	Thames & Hudson
Publication date:	09/10/2012
Series:	World of Art
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	250
Sales rank:	369,801
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rebecca R. Stone is Professor and Faculty Curator of the Ancient Americas at Emory University.