Human figuration and fragmentation in preclassic Mesoamerica : from figurines to sculpture /

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 fi...

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Main Author:	Guernsey, Julia, 1964- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Human beings in art. Figure sculpture > Mexico. Indian sculpture > Mexico. Figure sculpture > Central America. Indian sculpture > Central America.