The stone and the thread : Andean roots of abstract art
Entry/Object ID
F3429.3.S39.P38
Description
Shows that precolumbian tectonic forms (especially as found in sculpture and weaving) appear to be an overlooked source, or anticipation, of much of the art of the 20th century. Second part of book deals with artifacts as American art and addresses reception of ancient tectonics in the 20th century. Emphasizes intense relationship that some members of the New York School (particularly Barnett Newman and Adolph Gottlieb) had during 1940s with the aboriginal arts of the North American part of the hemisphere and thus the affinities between their work and the work of the older Torres García in Montevideo, at the other end of the continent.
Collection
Carol Westfall Collection
Lexicon
Search Terms
carol westfall collection, inca architecture, inca sculpture, inca textiles, sculpture
