Easter Island's Silent Sentinels: The Sculpture and Architecture of Rapa Nui - Rilegato

Treister, Kenneth; Casanova, Patricia Vargas; Cristino, Claudio

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0826352642 ISBN 13: 9780826352644

Casa editrice: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 2013

Riassunto

It may be the most interesting and yet loneliest spot on earth: a volcanic rock surrounded by a million square miles of ocean, named for the day Dutch explorers discovered it, Easter Sunday, April 5, 1722. Here people created a complex society, sophisticated astronomy, exquisite wood sculpture, monumental stone architecture, roads, and a puzzling ideographic script. And then they went about sculpting amazing, giant human figures in stone.

This richly illustrated book of the history, culture, and art of Easter Island is the first to examine in detail the island's vernacular architecture, often overshadowed by its giant stone statues. It shows the conjecturally reconstructed prehistoric pole houses; the ahu, the sculptures' platform, as a spectacular expression of prehistoric megalithic architecture; and the Easter Island Statue Project's inventory of the colossal moai sculptures.

This publication is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.

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This richly illustrated book of the history, culture, and art of Easter Island is the first to examine in detail the island's vernacular architecture, often overshadowed by its giant stone statues.

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• Editore: Univ of New Mexico Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0826352642
• ISBN 13: 9780826352644
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 144
• Disegnatore: Izaurieta Roberto