Description
An illustrated compendium of artworks from the ancient Americas
Including Indigenous works from the southwestern United States, Mesoamerica, the Isthmo-Colombian Area, and the Andes of South America, this book showcases more than 100 masterpieces of art from the ancient Americas. These are presented in historical, archaeological, and artistic context with new photography and scholarship. The publication considers ceramics, metalworks, stone carvings, and textiles from an array of America's earliest civilizations, including Ancestral Puebloan, Mexica, Olmec, Maya, Chavin, Inca, Moche, Wari, and more. Highlights include some exceptional rarities, including a Chavin crown with deity figures, a previously undefined style of four-panel Andean tunics, a Mixtec mosaic mask, a Maya lidded tetrapod bowl, and breathtaking gold jewelry from the Isthmo-Colombian Area.
Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art
About the Author
Michelle Rich is the Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Assistant Curator of the Indigenous American Art at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Book Information
ISBN 9780300266870
Author Michelle Rich
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
Including Indigenous works from the southwestern United States, Mesoamerica, the Isthmo-Colombian Area, and the Andes of South America, this book showcases more than 100 masterpieces of art from the ancient Americas. These are presented in historical, archaeological, and artistic context with new photography and scholarship. The publication considers ceramics, metalworks, stone carvings, and textiles from an array of America's earliest civilizations, including Ancestral Puebloan, Mexica, Olmec, Maya, Chavin, Inca, Moche, Wari, and more. Highlights include some exceptional rarities, including a Chavin crown with deity figures, a previously undefined style of four-panel Andean tunics, a Mixtec mosaic mask, a Maya lidded tetrapod bowl, and breathtaking gold jewelry from the Isthmo-Colombian Area.
Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art
About the Author
Michelle Rich is the Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Assistant Curator of the Indigenous American Art at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Book Information
ISBN 9780300266870
Author Michelle Rich
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
