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The Pre-Columbian Renaissance |
| Section: THE ARTS / CRAFT & DESIGN |
| Author: Judith Bell |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1993 |
| Size: 1,911 Words, 12,117 Characters |
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During a visit to Brussels in 1520, the artist Albrecht Durer had the opportunity to examine objects sent by Cortes from Mexico to the Emperor Charles V. He wrote in his diary:
"There I saw the things brought to the Emperor from the new land of gold: a sun made of gold on braccia [probably Italian meaning one arm's length] wide, and a moon, all of silver, of the same size, as well as all types of arms used there, harnesses, blowguns, wonderful shields, strange garments, bedcovers, and all types of wonderful things made for human use. And it was all so beautiful that it would be a marvel to see even better things. And I have never seen anything in my whole life that has cheered my heart as much as these things. In them I found wonderfully artistic things and admired the subtle genius o...
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...g on the implications raised by this Inca unku. "We are all becoming something new, and that idea of a dynamic process is important. So the exhibition does not merely look at the indigenous past as something that has been destroyed. It reminds us that despite the great destructions there is a persistence, a dynamic persistence, if some ideas that are a vital part of our continent's heritage.
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