directrice d'études à l'EHESS

Lacquer keepsake box

which yielded one of the most widely discussed postwar American houses

although the precise cultural reasons underlying such differentiation often escape us due to the absence of archaeological context

he demonstrated how organizing objects made their knowledge more accessible

Artifacts to Art: Collecting Ancient America in Midcentury L.A. for the animal lover directrice d'études à l'EHESSAndrew D. Turner, Mary E. Miller, and Khristaan D. Villela This fascinating book reveals the history of how pre Hispanic artifacts were smuggled into the United States and reconceptualized as works of art. By the mid twentieth century, ancient Mexican artifacts had undergone a striking transformation. Once dismissed as anthropological curiosities, sought after more for their ethnographic value than aesthetic merit, they had become prized artworks that