1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465281703321

Autore

Malpass Michael A.

Titolo

Ancient people of the Andes / / Michael A. Malpass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-5017-0392-7

1-5017-0393-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations

Disciplina

980/.01

Soggetti

Indigenous peoples - Andes Region

Indians of South America - Andes Region

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. LEARNING ABOUT THE PAST -- 2. GEOGRAPHY OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH ANDES -- 3. THE TIME BEFORE TEMPLES -- 4. SETTLING DOWN AND SETTLING IN -- 5. SOCIETAL GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION -- 6. OF MASKS AND MONOLITHS -- 7. ART AND POWER -- 8. CLASH OF THE TITANS? -- 9. AUCA RUNA, THE EPOCH OF WARFARE -- 10. EXPANSION AND EMPIRE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES CITED -- INDEX -- Plates

Sommario/riassunto

In Ancient People of the Andes, Michael A. Malpass describes the prehistory of western South America from initial colonization to the Spanish Conquest. All the major cultures of this region, from the Moche to the Inkas, receive thoughtful treatment, from their emergence to their demise or evolution. No South American culture that lived prior to the arrival of Europeans developed a writing system, making archaeology the only way we know about most of the prehispanic societies of the Andes. The earliest Spaniards on the continent provided first-person accounts of the latest of those societies, and, as descendants of the Inkas became literate, they too became a source of



information. Both ethnohistory and archaeology have limitations in what they can tell us, but when we are able to use them together they are complementary ways to access knowledge of these fascinating cultures.Malpass focuses on large anthropological themes: why people settled down into agricultural communities, the origins of social inequalities, and the evolution of sociopolitical complexity. Ample illustrations, including eight color plates, visually document sites, societies, and cultural features. Introductory chapters cover archaeological concepts, dating issues, and the region's climate. The subsequent chapters, divided by time period, allow the reader to track changes in specific cultures over time.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388493103316

Autore

Heywood Thomas <approximately 1574-1641.>

Titolo

A pleasant comedy, called A mayden-head well lost [[electronic resource] ] : As it hath beene publickly acted at the Cocke-pit in Drury-lane, with much applause: by her Maiesties Seruants. Written by Thomas Heyvvood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Nicholas Okes for Iohn Iackson and Francis Church, and are to be sold at the Kings Armes in Cheape-side, 1634

Descrizione fisica

[70] p. : ill

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Signatures: A-I⁴ (-A1).

The last leaf is blank.

Running title reads: A mayden-head well lost.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

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3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795643003321

Autore

Kattner Elizabeth

Titolo

Finding Balanchine's lost ballets : exploring the early choreography of a master / / Elizabeth Kattner ; foreword by Patricia Barker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , 2021

ISBN

0-8130-5883-X

0-8130-6664-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 173 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Florida scholarship online

Disciplina

792.84

Soggetti

Ballets - Stories, plots, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Envisioning Funeral March -- The Scholar's Conundrum: Should We Reconstruct? -- The Dancer's Discovery: Finding the Steps -- The Puzzle's Picture: Assembling What We Know -- The Missing Pieces: Rechoreographing What We Don't Know -- One Final Note: What We Have Learned -- Appendix I. Summary of George Balanchine's Russian Choreography (1920-1924)

Sommario/riassunto

'Finding Balanchine's Lost Ballets' allows the reader to learn about one of the twentieth century's greatest artists in a way that has not before been possible. Balanchine's Russian ballets did not survive in the repertory, but this book demonstrates how some of these lost works need not be relegated to the pages of history but can and should be reconstructed, giving us a vision of our past as artists, scholars, and audiences. The book details the work of setting Balanchine's first group ballet, Funeral March, on the dancers of the Grand Rapids Ballet. It follows this project from archival studies to studio research with the dancers to a final performance.