Art of the Andes (World of Art)

This wide-ranging survey has established itself as the best single volume
introduction to Andean art and architecture, and is an
essential guide to pre-Columbian Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia for
the general reader, student, traveller, and artist alike. Describing
the strikingly varied artistic achievements of the Chavín, Paracas,
Moche, Nasca, Chimu, and Inca cultures, among others, Rebecca
Stone has rewritten and expanded the text throughout, touching
on many of the recent discoveries and advances in the field.
Throughout this fully revised third edition, Stone demonstrates
how the Andean peoples adapted and refined their aesthetic response
to a formidable and demanding environment and explored the interface
between the terrestrial and the otherworldly according to the
value they placed on shamanic religious experience.

História