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Pre-Columbian Art Collections - Into the Mind of the Collector

Howard Nowes - 8/26/2008

The diverse nature of the individuals involved in the collecting of Ancient and Ethnographic art makes it difficult to generalize their motivations, but in the modern sense it can be said that the collectors are all bound by the desire or reason to possess an object, and sometimes many objects, that symbolize something in the mind and give it value. What that symbol represents – art, history, culture, spirituality, mystery, heritage, wealth, knowledge, preservation, respect, honor, fame, and so many others - varies, while the object itself is summarized by its ability to invoke, inspire, and cultivate devotion to the ideal.

Maya Polychrome Vessel with Young Maize God

Anthony Kurland, Jr. Ph.D - 04/09/2012

Sculptures in Stone are For the Eternity

Howard Nowes - 05/11/2015

The Pre-Columbian and Ancient Stone Sculpture Collection
Of The Late Art Historian Peter Arnovick, Ph.D.
  Special Exhibition During NYC’s Tribal Arts Week May 2015

Africa Tribal Art

• Appraising Ethnographic Art
• Colorful African Asafo Company Flags
• 5000 Years of African Art
• Collecting African Tribal Art

American Indian Art

• Celebrating Mexican Folk Art: Cinco de Mayo with Mexican Masks

Asian Art

• A survey of the Art of Ancient India
• The Buddha, Hypostasis, and Magnanimity
• Swine Art is Fine Art Exhibition

Classical Antiquities

• Apulian Red Figure Hydria
• Ancient Egyptian Funerary Items as Collectible
• Why ISIS is Destroying Cities and Artifacts And What to Do About It
• The Origins of Psychiatry: Inexorably Entangled With Art
• Feeding the Empire: Tales of food from Rome and Pompei
• A Panel discussion on Africa, Asia, and the Americas: Cultural Patrimony
• Why Ancient Greeks Are Always Nude
• Our Philosophy on Collecting
• Ancient Olympic Decorative Arts

Oceanic Art

• The Six Pillars of A Successful Art Appraisal

Pre Columbian Art

• Sculptures in Stone are For the Eternity
• Maya Polychrome Vessel with Young Maize God
• Pre-Columbian Art Collections - Into the Mind of the Collector

 

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