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Human Figuration and Fragmentation in Preclassic Mesoamerica

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Human Figuration and Fragmentation in Preclassic Mesoamerica

From Figurines to Sculpture
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In this book, Julia Guernsey examines the relationship between human figuration, fragmentation, bodily divisibility, personhood, and community in ancient Mesoamerica. Contending that representation of the human body in the pre-classic period gradually became a privileged act, she argues that human figuration as well as the fragmentation of both human representations and human bodies reveals ancient conceptualizations of personhood and the relationship of individual to the community. Considering ceramic figurines and stone sculpture together with archaeological data, Guernsey weaves together evidence and ideas drawn from art history, archaeology, and anthropology to construct a rich, cultural history of Mesoamerican practices of figuration and fragmentation. A methodologically innovative study, her book has ramifications for scholars working in Mesoamerica and, more generally, those interested in the significance of human representation.

Author Biography:

Julia Guernsey is D. J. Sibley Family Centennial Faculty Fellow in Prehistoric Art at the University of Texas, Austin. She is the author of The Place of Stone Monuments (2010) and Sculpture and Social Dynamics in Preclassic Mesoamerica (2012).
Release date NZ
February 27th, 2020
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Maps; 166 Halftones, black and white; 37 Line drawings, black and white
Pages
278
Dimensions
222x285x19
ISBN-13
9781108478991
Product ID
31186213

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