Le Temple du Soleil
Accession number | AR.EP.BK.0642 |
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Creator | |
Places |
Peru
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Date |
1977
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Measurements |
9 x 12 inches
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Materials/Techniques |
illustration, text
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Work types |
book plate
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Description
TRANSCRIPTION
Hergé
Tintin
Le Temple du Soleil [the Temple of the Sun]
Copyright 1949 by Casterman
Copyright renewed 1977 by Casterman
EXHIBITION
Encountering Ancient America: Machu Picchu in Popular Culture, 1911-1965
February-April 2018
Images of Machu Picchu proliferated during the middle of the twentieth century, in media as various as travel guides, films, art, and postcards. By the fiftieth anniversary of Bingham’s 1911 expedition, the ruin had become an icon of both the Inca and Peru.
Volume 14 of the popular Belgian comic The Adventures of Tintin took readers to the Peruvian Andes. The story ends with the miraculous escape of the comic’s heroes from Inca warriors in their hidden mountain city. Hergé, the comic’s author, lifted cultural elements haphazardly from Andean civilizations to create his “Inca” antagonists. Machu Picchu formed part of his inspiration for the unconquered “Temple of the Sun,” which is revealed in the final pages of the comic.
Collection
Repository
Accession number | AR.EP.BK.0642 |
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Creator | |
Places |
Peru
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Date |
1977
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Measurements |
9 x 12 inches
|
Materials/Techniques |
illustration, text
|
Work types |
book plate
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