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Panorama de los estudios sobre Teotihuacan: una corrección historiográfica
George Cowgill's book titled Ancient Teotihuacan (Cowgill, 2015) is a masterly narrative work that synthesizes nearly a thousand years of the history of the Valley of Teotihuacan. He dedicates an exhaustive section of his book to the previous research works carried out in Teotihuacan and for some reason makes a separation between the studies of \"art and artifacts\" and \"archaeological\" studies, which in reality very often intertwine. In neither of these two sections does he mention Pasztory's activity of almost a whole life dedicated to the study of Teotihuacan, notwithstanding her publication of several books, a dozen significant articles and a highly relevant sample, which was the first that focused exclusively on the city of Teotihuacan.
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Visual Culture of the Ancient Americas : Contemporary Perspectives
\"A contributed volume featuring studies on Latin American art and archaeology by former students and current colleagues of Esther Pasztory, an influential art historian who is now professor emerita at Columbia University\"--Provided by publisher.
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WONDERFUL JOURNEY
When I was a child, my favorite book was Wonderful Journey by Selma Lagerlof in Hungarian translation. The story is about a boy who is turned into a Tom Thumb for bad behavior. He joins a flock of wild geese and travels with them on the back of a goose on a series of adventures through towns and forests, even under the sea to an “Atlantis.” He speaks the language of the animals and learns good behavior. As a reward, after a year, he is transformed back into a regular boy and goes home. He looks up wonderingly at the flock of geese going on another adventure but can no longer understand the language of animals. He is sad. At this point, I always cried. (I did not know that the story, written in 1907, took place in Sweden and was a geography lesson of Sweden, specifically. It is available now in English as the Wonderful Adventures of Nils. Selma Lagerlof received the Nobel Prize.)
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Pre-Columbian art and world art history
A paper delivered at the 100th Conference of the College Art Association in Los Angeles, California, on February 24, 2010, is presented. Most art historical analysis is based on Western art development. However, Pre-Columbian art can be a helpful tool because it developed independently. Scholars must understand the lack of realism often found in Olmec and Moche art. Most works did not come out of natural representation or developed technology but from artistic and social choices. The author considers the influence of \"conflict versus integrative style\" as a concept in Pre-Columbian art.
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Museum Review : rare ancient featherwork from Peru
The exhibition \"Radiance from the rain forest : featherwork in ancient Peru\" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on March 3-September 1, 2008, is reviewed. The exhibit features feather creations from the Andes from the 17th century.
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Theory, Method the Future of Pre-Columbian Art History”, 100th Annual Conference of the College Art Association - Los Angeles, California - February 24, 2010” Contributors: Cecelia F. Klein, Introductions; Esther Pasztory, ‘Pre-Columbian Art and World Art History’; Mary Miller, ‘Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Pre-Columbian Art in the American Museum . . . and in the Academy’; Elizabeth Hill Boone, ‘What Do You Say When There Are No Words?’; Tom Cummins, ‘Looking Back at the Future of Pre-Columbi
Since the founding of the academic field of Pre-Columbian art history in the mid 20th century, the training of and work by Pre-Columbianists have changed substantially. Whereas the first Pre-Columbian art historians drew heavily on their knowledge of art history, other disciplines, and theory writ large, younger Pre-Columbian art historians today tend to specialize in one area and one time period, and to write primarily for fellow specialists with interests similar to their own. Increasingly little effort is made to render Pre-Columbian art history relevant to a broader public, whether that public comprise scholars in other fields or laypersons. One of the last fields to have been fully accepted by college and university art history departments in the U.S., Pre-Columbian art history also has always been among the first to go during an economic downturn. During this session, following brief presentations by the speakers and the discussant, there will be a panel conversation in which the audience may participate. The goal will be to assess where the field might and should go in the decades to come.
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