Collecting the Pre-Columbian Past: A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 6th and 7th October 1990

by Enrique Florescano, Curtis M. Hinsley, Ian Graham, et al.

Book Overview

The history of Pre-Columbian collecting is a social and aesthetic history--of ideas, people and organizations, and objects. This richly illustrated volume examines these histories by considering the collection and display of Pre-Columbian objects in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Some of the thirteen essays locate the collecting process within its broader cultural setting in order to explain how and why such collections were formed,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A2RJVEW
• ISBN13: 9780884023739
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"