Esther Pasztory
Autor/a de Pre-Columbian Art
Obres de Esther Pasztory
Obres associades
The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes (Art & Design) (1992) — Col·laborador — 69 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- Hungary (birth)
USA - Educació
- Columbia University (PhD)
- Professions
- art historian (Pre-Columbian)
Membres
Ressenyes
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 8
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 181
- Popularitat
- #119,336
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 2
- ISBN
- 13
Pasztory shows you how to shed your internalized assumptions about non-Western art and opens your eyes to issues you wouldn't have come up with on your own, such as the impact of written language on the status of art and the reasons why some groups painted in caves while others made masks or carved monuments. She also explains why it took so long to appreciate the artistic achievements of Pre-Columbian Peru as opposed to the works of the Mayans. And you'll learn why realistic representations are not an evolution from abstract representations--and why they're not even more accurate. You'll never see works in a museum the same way again.… (més)