A Culture of Stone: Inka Perspectives on Rock

by Carolyn Dean

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822348071
• ISBN13: 9780822348078
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"