About the book: “
The Tayrona, Sinu, Quimbaya, Calima, Tumaco, Nariño, Cauca, San
Augustin, Tierradentro, Tolima and Muisca cultures are included in this
study. “Iguanas, basilisk, alligators, lizards, chameleons,
salamanders, saurians and crocodiles, these gigantic and small oviparous
beasts which populated all of Colombia, most of them associated with
water, covered in corrugated hides, transformers of color, that can
be mutilated and still survive, lovers of light and heat, tropical sleepers.
They all provide the inspiration for the mythical alligators that the
Colombian art recreated over the long period of its existence through
all of its ancient cultures.” Mithological
Animals Investigation,
design, texts and edited by Antonio Grass
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