From Ethnographical Subjects to Archaeological Objects: Pierre Loti on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

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Schavelzon Chavin, Daniel Gaston
Año de publicación
2014
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inglés
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versión publicada
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In 1872 French sailor Pierre Loti visited the desolate Pacific island of Rapa Nui. Descriptions in his diary and drawings were published and received great public interest. Here were all the ingredients to satisfy nineteenth century ideas of the exotic: remote, tropical, cannibal inhabited, strange rituals and frenzied dancing, and in addition – the ruins of an ancient and unknown civilisation. But Loti had visited the island almost at the end of its occupation by its indigenous people. The large stone statues had not been erect for some time, even though he recorded them as being so, and its population had been decimated. So Loti’s graphic and written descriptions were embellished for his audience, a fact that is almost as interesting as the real fate of Rapa Nui.
Fil: Schavelzon Chavin, Daniel Gaston. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas ; Argentina
Materia
HISTORT OF ARCHAEOLOGY
EASTER ISLAND
PIERRE LOTI
RAPA NUI
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acceso abierto
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv From Ethnographical Subjects to Archaeological Objects: Pierre Loti on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
title From Ethnographical Subjects to Archaeological Objects: Pierre Loti on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
spellingShingle From Ethnographical Subjects to Archaeological Objects: Pierre Loti on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
Schavelzon Chavin, Daniel Gaston
HISTORT OF ARCHAEOLOGY
EASTER ISLAND
PIERRE LOTI
RAPA NUI
title_short From Ethnographical Subjects to Archaeological Objects: Pierre Loti on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
title_full From Ethnographical Subjects to Archaeological Objects: Pierre Loti on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
title_fullStr From Ethnographical Subjects to Archaeological Objects: Pierre Loti on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
title_full_unstemmed From Ethnographical Subjects to Archaeological Objects: Pierre Loti on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
title_sort From Ethnographical Subjects to Archaeological Objects: Pierre Loti on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Schavelzon Chavin, Daniel Gaston
author Schavelzon Chavin, Daniel Gaston
author_facet Schavelzon Chavin, Daniel Gaston
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv HISTORT OF ARCHAEOLOGY
EASTER ISLAND
PIERRE LOTI
RAPA NUI
topic HISTORT OF ARCHAEOLOGY
EASTER ISLAND
PIERRE LOTI
RAPA NUI
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In 1872 French sailor Pierre Loti visited the desolate Pacific island of Rapa Nui. Descriptions in his diary and drawings were published and received great public interest. Here were all the ingredients to satisfy nineteenth century ideas of the exotic: remote, tropical, cannibal inhabited, strange rituals and frenzied dancing, and in addition – the ruins of an ancient and unknown civilisation. But Loti had visited the island almost at the end of its occupation by its indigenous people. The large stone statues had not been erect for some time, even though he recorded them as being so, and its population had been decimated. So Loti’s graphic and written descriptions were embellished for his audience, a fact that is almost as interesting as the real fate of Rapa Nui.
Fil: Schavelzon Chavin, Daniel Gaston. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas ; Argentina
description In 1872 French sailor Pierre Loti visited the desolate Pacific island of Rapa Nui. Descriptions in his diary and drawings were published and received great public interest. Here were all the ingredients to satisfy nineteenth century ideas of the exotic: remote, tropical, cannibal inhabited, strange rituals and frenzied dancing, and in addition – the ruins of an ancient and unknown civilisation. But Loti had visited the island almost at the end of its occupation by its indigenous people. The large stone statues had not been erect for some time, even though he recorded them as being so, and its population had been decimated. So Loti’s graphic and written descriptions were embellished for his audience, a fact that is almost as interesting as the real fate of Rapa Nui.
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