The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec (World of Art S.) - Softcover

Miller, Mary Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500202036 ISBN 13: 9780500202036

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1986

Synopsis

This guide to the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica surveys the artistic achievements of the unified high Precolumbian civilizations - Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, Aztec - as well as those of their lesser-known contemporaries. The book contains pictures of their pyramids and palaces, jades and brightly coloured paintings. The author of this work provides fresh readings of Mesoamerican works of art while offering archaeological interpretations. Also included in the book are hieroglyphic decipherments which give insights into ancient works, confirming the connections between the Maya and their neighbours.

About this title

Review:

An expert's account... accompanied by superb illustrations--The Times Literary Supplement

Splendid and sumptuous... authoritative and articulate.--The Listener

A truly useful guide --' - Antiquaries Journal

Those familiar with Thames & Hudson's World of Art series will not be surprised to find that Miller's handbook maintains that balance of accessibility with broad, rich coverage of the subject ... the book
is a good tool for the general reader wishing to find out more --Minerva

About the Author:

Mary Ellen Miller is Professor of History of Art at Yale University. She has written many articles on Mesoamerican art for learned journals, and her book with Linda Schele, The Blood of Kings, is considered a landmark in Maya studies. She is also the author, with Karl Taube, of The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0500202036
• ISBN 13: 9780500202036
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240