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Palaces and Power in the Americas - From Peru to the Northwest Coast (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,238
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Palaces and Power in the Americas - From Peru to the Northwest Coast (Paperback): Jessica Joyce Christie, Patricia Joan Sarro

Palaces and Power in the Americas - From Peru to the Northwest Coast (Paperback)

Jessica Joyce Christie, Patricia Joan Sarro

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Ancient American palaces still captivate those who stand before them. Even in their fallen and ruined condition, the palaces project such power that, according to the editors of this new collection, it must have been deliberately drawn into their formal designs, spatial layouts, and choice of locations. Such messages separated palaces from other elite architecture and reinforced the power and privilege of those residing in them. Indeed, as Christie and Sarro write, "the relation between political power and architecture is a pervasive and intriguing theme in the Americas."

Given the variety of cultures, time periods, and geographical locations examined within, the editors of this book have grouped the articles into four sections. The first looks at palaces in cultures where they have not previously been identified, including the Huaca of Moche Site, the Wari of Peru, and Chaco Canyon in the U.S. Southwest. The second section discusses palaces as "stage sets" that express power, such as those found among the Maya, among the Coast Salish of the Pacific Northwest, and at El Tajin on the Mexican Gulf Coast. The third part of the volume presents cases in which differences in elite residences imply differences in social status, with examples from Pasado de la Amada, the Valley of Oaxaca, Teotihuacan, and the Aztecs. The final section compares architectural strategies between cultures; the models here are Farfan, Peru, under both the Chimu and the Inka, and the separate states of the Maya and the Inka.

Such scope, and the quality of the scholarship, make Palaces and Power in the Americas a must-have work on the subject.

General

Imprint: University Of Texas Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2006
First published: August 2010
Editors: Jessica Joyce Christie • Patricia Joan Sarro
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 978-0-292-72599-7
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Residential buildings, domestic buildings > Palaces, chateaux, country houses
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LSN: 0-292-72599-X
Barcode: 9780292725997

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