Un Huacal Encerado de Izalco
George Kubler y Teorías Nahuas del Hacer Arte
Keywords:
Nahua art, El Salvado, George Kubler, waxed huacal
Abstract
In the book The Shape of Time (1962) George Kubler criticizes the iconographic approach in art history, proposing a definition of art based on the becoming of forms that includes all objects made by human hands. I connect Nahua theories-practices present in the fabrication of a 20th century waxed huacal (jícara) from El Salvador, with Kubler's concepts of form and time. Inspired by Kubler, after formal and iconographic analysis I conclude with a reflection on the agency of objects, highlighting the kinship between humans and artifacts.
Published
2024-07-19
How to Cite
Effenberger, W. (2024). Un Huacal Encerado de Izalco. Philosophical Miscellany αρχή Electronic Magazine, 7(21), 98-141. https://doi.org/10.31644/mfarchere_v.7;n.21/24-A04
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Articles
