Icon and Idea: A Symbolic Reading of Pictures in a Peruvian Indian Chronicle.

Adorno, Rolena

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ERIC Number: EJ214908

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1979

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Icon and Idea: A Symbolic Reading of Pictures in a Peruvian Indian Chronicle.

Adorno, Rolena

Indian Historian, v12 n3 p27-50 1979

An examination and categorization of over 400 full-page drawings in the 1615 "Nueva coronica y bien gobierno" of Felipe Guaman Poma de Alaya, which details life in the Peruvian Viceroyalty. Explains the function of the illustrations in the text and that of five "signifying attributes" of spatial configuration. (SB)

Descriptors: American History, American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Art, Art Expression, Art History, Characterization, Chronicles, Illustrations, Life Style, Semiotics, Space, Space Orientation, Symbolism, Translation, Values

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Peru

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