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The Spirit Within / El espíritu inherente

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This volume, coinciding with the opening of permanent Art of the Americas galleries at the Walters Art Museum in 2025, examines how, for people in the Indigenous Americas, materials had and continu...
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This volume, coinciding with the opening of permanent Art of the Americas galleries at the Walters Art Museum in 2025, examines how, for people in the Indigenous Americas, materials had and continue to have a life of their own.

Ancient and modern craftspeople shaped jade, gold, feathers, and clay into exquisite artworks, but the meanings of those objects are intertwined with the living essence of the raw materials themselves.

Thirty-five highlights, ancient to contemporary, provide a window into the spiritual and intellectual context in which these objects were understood by the Indigenous people who made and used them.

Este tomo, que coincide con la apertura de las galerías permanentes Arte de las Américas en 2025, examina cómo, para los pueblos indígenas de las Américas, los materiales tenían y siguen teniendo vida propia.

Al igual que lo hacían los artesanos de la antigüedad, los de hoy dan forma al jade, al oro, a las plumas o a la arcilla para crear exquisitas obras de arte cuyo significado en tanto objetos está entrelazado también con la esencia viva de las propias materias primas.

Son 35 las piezas destacadas de la colección de las Américas, tanto antiguas como contemporáneas, que permiten apreciar el contexto espiritual e intelectual en el que fueron concebidos estos objetos por los pueblos indígenas que los fabricaron y emplearon.

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Price: $19.95
Pages: 96
Publisher: D Giles Limited
Imprint: GILES
Publication Date: 15 April 2025
Trim Size: 7.12 X 7.12 in
ISBN: 9781913875930
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

ART / American / Hispanic & Latino, History of art, HISTORY / Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era, ART / Indigenous, ART / American / Native American, History of the Americas: Pre-columbian period

Ellen Hoobler is the William B. Ziff, Jr. Curator of Art of the Americas at the Walters Art Museum.

Patricia Lagardeis the Wieler-Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, Art of the Americas at the Walters Art Museum.

  • Foreword by Julia Marciari-Alexander, Andrea B. and John H. Laporte Director, the Walters Art Museum
  • Map
  • Introduction
  • Powerful Plants / Plantas poderosas
  • Admirable Animals / Animales admirables
  • Magical Minerals / Minerales mágicos
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index