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Highlights
- Distinguished photographer Edward Ranney presents nearly one hundred extraordinary photographs of the Peruvian huacas--the sacred rock shrines carved by Inca artisans roughly between 1440 and 1532 AD.Ranney's photographs evoke the sacred power that the highland landscape around Cusco held for the Incas, revealing how aspects of nature such as caves and springs, in addition to rock outcrops, were integral to Inca culture and served as a focus of ritual attention.
- Author(s): Edward R Ranney
- 136 Pages
- Photography, Subjects & Themes
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Book Synopsis
Distinguished photographer Edward Ranney presents nearly one hundred extraordinary photographs of the Peruvian huacas--the sacred rock shrines carved by Inca artisans roughly between 1440 and 1532 AD.Ranney's photographs evoke the sacred power that the highland landscape around Cusco held for the Incas, revealing how aspects of nature such as caves and springs, in addition to rock outcrops, were integral to Inca culture and served as a focus of ritual attention. This extended to items on a more intimate scale, as with special stones or unusual landscape details. The book concludes with an extensive series of pictures featuring the shrines and landscape of Machu Picchu. In her closing essay, Lucy R. Lippard discusses the cultural context of the huacas and how contemporary research and thinking view this unique achievement of ancient America.
Review Quotes
"The Huacas reflects the unique intersection of the vision and craft of the modern artist, photographer Edward Ranney, and the elegant and enigmatic sculpted stone shrines of the Inca Empire, created by artists whose names are lost in time."--Jerry D. Moore, author of Cultural Landscapes in the Ancient Andes: Archaeologies of Place
"Spectacular. . . . Ranney's photographs are unparalleled, and this book will be a unique offering."--Carolyn Dean, author of A Culture of Stone: Inka Perspectives on Rock
Dimensions (Overall): 10.79 Inches (H) x 12.28 Inches (W) x .94 Inches (D)
Weight: 3.25 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 136
Genre: Photography
Sub-Genre: Subjects & Themes
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Theme: Landscapes
Format: Hardcover
Author: Edward R Ranney
Language: English
Street Date: March 1, 2024
TCIN: 89625263
UPC: 9780826365477
Item Number (DPCI): 247-35-6691
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.94 inches length x 12.28 inches width x 10.79 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 3.25 pounds
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