Cuzco
Incas, Spaniards, and the Making of a Colonial City
$130.52
- Hardcover
200 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2020
Summary
A story of change in the Inca capital told through its artefacts, architecture, and historical documents
Through objects, buildings, and colonial texts, this book tells the story of how Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire, was transformed into a Spanish colonial city. When Spaniards invaded and conquered Peru in the 16th century, they installed in Cuzco not only a government of their own but also a distinctly European architectural style. Layered atop the characteristic stone walls,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300218114 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0300218117 |
| Author: | Michael J. Schreffler |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2020 |
| Weight: | 1.22kg |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 267mm |
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Critics Review
“The book analyses the sources with great care… . This is a fine work of history and in particular of urban history, especially of its origins as an urbanity alien to the western concept of a city.”—Graham Kent, Journal of Historic Buildings and Places
Winner of the Spiro Kostof Book Award, sponsored by the Society of Architectural Historians
Michael J. Schreffler
Michael J. Schreffler is associate professor in the Department of Art, Art History & Design at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
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