Easter Island's Silent Sentinels The Sculpture and Architecture of Rapa Nui |
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| Author:
| Treister, Kenneth
Vargas Casanova, Patricia
Cristino, Claudio |
| Foreword by:
| Libeskind, Daniel |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8263-5264-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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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. 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 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.