IncaGold: 3000 years of advanced civilisations - masterpieces from Peru's Larco Museum (French Edition) [Paperback]

Meinrad Maria Grewenig (Author), Ramiro Salas Bravo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2005

For the Incas, gold had an ideal meaning and took on value only after being transformed into a symbolic shape. The jewelry was used as a mediator between the world of humans and the world of the gods.

This richly illustrated book, which appeared on the occasion of the special exhibition of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Monument Völklinger Hütte, presents about 120 masterpieces from the Larco Museum in Peru: gold objects, crowns, headdresses, ear pegs, and other cult objects.

Along with the gold objects, the illustrated book shows numerous ceramic pieces, almost unknown in the United States and Europe, from the pre-Inca cultures, including the erotic ceramics of the Moche.

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About the Author

From 1992-1999, Grewenig was director of the Historical Museum of the Rhineland-Palatinate in Speyer and chairman of the Museum Foundation. Since 1999, he has been director of the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks - the European Centre for Art and Industrial Culture. Ramiro Salas Bravo (*1943) has been Deputy Minister of Tourism in Peru since 2001.

Product Details

• Paperback: 223 pages
• Publisher: Kehrer Verlag; Bilingual edition (September 1, 2005)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 3936636494
• ISBN-13: 978-3936636499
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #548,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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