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Ancient North American Art Surfaces in the Art World: A Review of Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand
Author(s) -
HOLLOWELL JULIE
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.2005.107.3.489
Subject(s) - exhibition , hero , context (archaeology) , art , ancient art , visual arts , art history , history , archaeology , literature
Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand rated as a must‐see for anyone with an interest in art of the ancient Americas or ancient art in general—an exhibition whose breadth and depth in terms of visual material would be difficult, if not impossible, to replicate. This review takes a look beyond the immediate frame of the exhibition at some additional context related to the appreciation of these objects as ancient art, including some reflection on the original objectives of the exhibition and what appeared, at least to this anthropologist, as palpably missing or unspoken.