Easter Island's silent sentinels : the sculpture and architecture of Rapa Nui / Kenneth Treister, Patricia Vargas Casanova, and Claudio Cristino ; foreword by Daniel Libeskind ; maps and illustrations by Roberto Izaurieta and Kenneth Treister.
Publisher: Albuquerque, N.M. : University of New Mexico Press, 2013Description: xv, 144 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780826352644
- 990 23
- F3169 .T74 2013
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| F3100 .H385 2005 The Nixon administration and the death of Allende's Chile : a case of assisted suicide / | F3169 .B34 2017 Easter Island, Earth Island : the enigmas of Rapa Nui / | F3169 .H413 1958 Aku-Aku, the secret of Easter Island. | F3169 .T74 2013 Easter Island's silent sentinels : the sculpture and architecture of Rapa Nui / | F3310 .W47 2009 Bolivia in focus : a guide to the people, politics, and culture / | F3429 .H38 2010 Monuments of the Incas / | F3429 .H96 The last of the Incas; the rise and fall of an American empire |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-132) and index.
A surrealistic geography -- A tortured history -- Settlement and village planning -- The architecture of Easter Island -- The art of Easter Island -- The collapse: a passion to sculpt -- Conclusion.
"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"--Provided by publisher.