Ana Nieves
Art + Design
Professor, Art History
Office:
Room FA 206A
Email:
a-nieves2@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday: 2:15-2:45 p.m.Tuesday and Thursday: 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.(and by appointment)
Expertise
Art and architecture of the ancient Americas, specifically the Andean region.
Introduction to Art History I
Ancient Mesoamerican Art and Architecture
Ancient South American Art and Architecture
Peru Study Tour
Art of Latin America (1810-present)
Art and Ritual
Research Interests
Andean art; Nasca and Paracas iconography; Peruvian rock art and geoglyphs
Education
Ph.D. in Art History, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Master of Arts in Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Bachelor of Arts in Art, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA
Selected Publications
“Pots, Petroglyphs, and Pathways: The Mythical Killer Whale in Nasca Art.” In Perspectives on Place, edited by Elizabeth McGoey and Jeanne Marie Teutonico. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Seated Figure Iconographic Complex: The Definition Of A Descriptive Type In The Rock Art Of The Rio Grande De Nasca Drainage (Department Of Ica, Peru),” Rock Art Research, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 207-218.
"More Than Meets the Eye: A Study of Two Nasca Symbols," Andean Past, vol. 9, pp. 229-247.
“Reconstructing Ritual: Some Thoughts on the Location of Petroglyph Groups in the Nasca Valley, Peru,” in Space and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology, ed. by Elizabeth Robertson, Jeffery Seibert, Deepika Fernandez, and Marc Zender. Calgary and Albuquerque: University of Calgary Press and University of New Mexico Press, pp. 217-226.