The Frederick and Jan Mayer Center for Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art at the Denver Art Museum sponsors annual symposia in these two fields of art. This volume presents essays on Andean textiles from the 2001 symposium. Color reproductions of many of these works illustrate the essays, which include:
Weaving Principles for Life: Discontinuous Warp and Weft Textiles of Ancient Peru by Jane W. Rehl, Savannah College of Art and Design
Class, Control, and Power: The Anthropology of Textile Dyes at Pacatnamu by Ran Boytner, Cotsen...
The Frederick and Jan Mayer Center for Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art at the Denver Art Museum sponsors annual symposia in these two fields...
In 2005, the Denver Art Museum hosted a symposium in conjunction with the exhibition" Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca." An international array of scholars of Tiwanaku, Wari, and Inca art and archaeology presented results of the latest research conducted in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. This copiously illustrated volume, edited by Margaret Young-Sanchez of the Denver Art Museum, presents revised and amplified papers from the symposium.
Essays by archaeologists Alexei Vranich and Leonardo Benitez (both University of Pennsylvania) describe what their excavation and astronomical research have...
In 2005, the Denver Art Museum hosted a symposium in conjunction with the exhibition" Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca." An international array of scho...
Symposia presented at the Denver Art Museum in 2002 and 2007 focused, respectively, on pre-Columbian art in the museum collection and the art and archaeology of ancient Costa Rica. Edited by Denver Art Museum curator Margaret Young-Sanchez, this lavishly illustrated volume brings together newly revised and expanded symposium papers from pre-Columbian scholars, while paying tribute to the legacy of Denver philanthropist Frederick R. Mayer a generous supporter of archaeological and art historical research, scientific analysis, and scholarly publication.
Archaeology s elder statesman...
Symposia presented at the Denver Art Museum in 2002 and 2007 focused, respectively, on pre-Columbian art in the museum collection and the art and a...
