Parution : New World Objects of Knowledge : A Cabinet of Curiosities

Créateur

• Thurner, Mark. Éditeur scientifique
• Pimentel, Juan. Éditeur scientifique

Résumé de l’éditeur

With contributions from a renowned set of scholars, New World Objects of Knowledge delves into the hidden histories of forty of the New World’s most iconic artefacts, from the Inca mummy to Darwin’s hummingbirds. This volume is richly illustrated with photos and sketches from the archives and museums hosting these objects. Each artefact is accompanied by a comprehensive essay covering its dynamic, often global, history and itinerary. This volume is an indispensable catalogue of New World objects and how they have helped shape our modern world.

Sommaire

• Introduction | Mark Thurner and Juan Pimentel
• Part 1: Artificialia
  • Codex Mendoza | Daniela Bleichmar
  • Macuilxóchitl | Juan Pimentel
  • Potosí | Kris Lane
  • Piece of Eight | Alejandra Irigoin and Bridget Millmore
  • Pieza de Indias | Pablo F. Gómez
  • Rubber | Heloisa Maria Bertol Domingues and Emilie Carreón
  • Silver Basin | Mariana Françozo
  • Feathered Shield | Linda Báez Rubí
  • Black | Adrian Masters
  • Spanish Deck | Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
  • Mary’s Armadillo | Peter Mason
  • Mexican Portrait | Andrés Gutiérrez Usillos
  • Clay Vessels | Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
  • Singing Violin | Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
  • Mestizo Memory Palaces | Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
  • Creole Cabinet | Juan Pimentel and Mark Thurner
  • Modern Quipu | Sabine Hyland and William P. Hyland
  • Inca Mummy | Christopher Heaney
  • Xilonen | Miruna Achim
  • Machu Picchu | Amy Cox Hall
• Part 2: Naturalia
  • Amazon | Roberto Chauca
  • Bird of Paradise | José Ramón Marcaida
  • Emeralds | Kris Lane
  • Pearls | Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
  • Cochineal | Miruna Achim
  • Opossum | José Ramón Marcaida
  • Guinea Pig | Helen Cowie
  • Bezoar | José Pardo-Tomás
  • Cacao | Peter Mason
  • Strawberry | Elisa Sevilla and Ana Sevilla
  • Volcano | Sophie Brockmann
  • Andes | Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Mark Thurner
  • Anteater | Helen Cowie
  • Megatherium | Juan Pimentel
  • Tapir | Irina Podgorny
  • Cinchona | Matthew James Crawford
  • Potato | Rebecca Earle
  • Guano | Gregory T. Cushman
  • Darwin’s Tortoise | Elizabeth Hennessy
  • Darwin’s Hummingbird | Iris Montero Sobrevilla
• Index

Informations pratiques

• Éditeur : London : Institute of Latin American Studies : School of Advanced Study
• Date de parution : 2021
• Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVIII-278 p.) : ill. en coul., couv. ill. en coul. ; 30 cm
• ISBN 978-1-908857-82-8 (Hardback edition). – ISBN 978-1-908857-83-5 (PDF edition). – ISBN 978-1-908857-93-4 (EPUB edition). – ISBN 978-1-908857-94-1 (Kindle edition)
• Sujets :
  • Art précolombien
  • Cabinets d’amateurs — Amérique

Localisations

• AUBERVILLIERS-Campus Condorcet
• PARIS-BIS, Fonds général
• PARIS-INHA
• REIMS-BU Droit-Lettres
• TOULOUSE2-CEDOCAL
• Absent à la BnF (en 2024)
• Disponible sur Internet, url : <https://read.uolpress.co.uk/projects/new-world-objects-of-knowledge>.

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