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A Culture of Stone: Inka Perspectives on Rock
Carolyn J Dean
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| #724681 in Books | Duke University Press Books | 2010-10-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.20 x1.00 x6.00l,1.25 | File type: PDF | 320 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating|By hazmatdance|This is a fascinating book. I am not qualified to evaluate Dean's scholarship other than to say it's convincing, and perhaps her insights are truly original. According to her, the Inka thought rocks were people… but not all rocks, and not all the time. There's a lot of advanced vocabulary like "lithic embodiments" so get your dictionary out. Sh||
“Art historian Dean has provided perhaps the best interpretation of how the|Inkas saw their environment, particularly their lithic one, and how this motivated their actions. . . . Her judicious use of historical documents, combined with thoughtful a
A major contribution to both art history and Latin American studies, A Culture of Stone offers sophisticated new insights into Inka culture and the interpretation of non-Western art. Carolyn Dean focuses on rock outcrops masterfully integrated into Inka architecture, exquisitely worked masonry, and freestanding sacred rocks, explaining how certain stones took on lives of their own and played a vital role in the unfolding of Inka history. Examining the multipl...
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