Massive yet elegantly executed masonry architecture and andenes (agricultural terraces) set against majestic and seemingly boundless Andean landscapes; roads built in defiance of rugged terrains; and fine textiles with orderly geometric designsmdash;all were created within the largest political system in the ancient New World; a system headed; paradoxically; by a single; small minority group without wheeled vehicles; markets; or a writing system; the Inka. For some 130 years (ca. A.D. 1400 to 1533); the Inka ruled over at least eighty-six ethnic groups in an empire that encompassed about 2 million square kilometers; from the northernmost region of the Ecuadorndash;Colombia border to northwest Argentina.The Inka Empire brings together leading international scholars from many complementary disciplines; including human genetics; linguistics; textile and architectural studies; ethnohistory; and archaeology; to present a state-of-the-art; holistic; and in-depth vision of the Inkas. The contributors provide the latest data and understandings of the political; demographic; and linguistic evolution of the Inkas; from the formative era prior to their political ascendancy to their post-conquest transformation. The scholars also offer an updated vision of the unity; diversity; and essence of the material; organizational; and symbolic-ideological features of the Inka Empire. As a whole; The Inka Empire demonstrates the necessity and value of a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates the insights of fields beyond archaeology and ethnohistory. And with essays by scholars from seven countries; it reflects the cosmopolitanism that has characterized Inka studies ever since its beginnings in the nineteenth century.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Great content; ALL color plates and great colors!By ClairedeLuneThis is a 5 STAR book. The color plates (They are ALL color) are excellent as far as reproduction is concerned; and there are plenty of them. The text is informative; bringing in other painters and their paintings for references.The text and the plates shed light on the Nabis; in a useful way. Though a 2005 edition; the pages are still pristine. So; I highly recommend this book.16 of 16 people found the following review helpful. Very well illustratedBy BenjaminBonnard and the Nabis includes the work of Pierre Bonnard along with Edouard Vuillard; Ker Xavier Roussel; Maurice Denis and Felix Vallotton. The first half of the book concerns Bonnard; in pages seven through fifty-nine the well illustrated text discusses his life and work. The Masterworks runs from page sixty to one hundred and thirteen; and comprises full page plates of Bonnards paintings; occasionally accompanied by a page of explanatory text. The remainder of the book is given over to the other four artists; following a general discussion of the Nabis the life and work of each artist is discussed individually along with colour plates of their work. The book concludes with five separate biographies of a page each; notes and a bibliography.This is a fine book; the text is comprehensive and very readable; and it is superbly illustrated almost entirely in full colour with the vast majority of the images being full page size or nearly so. The plates illustrating the text are placed close to their mention in the text. In addition to the work of the artists under discussion there are several examples of the paintings of other artists for purposes of comparison. There are about 200 illustrations in total; all but about half a dozen in full colour; and the quality of reproduction is excellent.
