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Ancient West Mexico: Art and archaeology of the unknown past - Softcover

Richard F. Townsend (Editor)

 
9780865591714: Ancient West Mexico: Art and archaeology of the unknown past
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0865591717 ISBN 13: 9780865591714
Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998

Synopsis

This volume documents the splendid accomplishments of Ancient West Mexico, and brings together some of its finest examples of sculptural art, including representations of people, animals and plants, as well as vessels and models of houses, ceremonial centres, ball games and ritual scenes. All the extraordinary earthenware figures illustrated here have been recovered from burial sites and shaft tombs. They represent a wide range of subjects - warriors, chieftains, ladies, acrobats, shamans, musicians, ball players, festival couples and bound prisoners - in a variety of styles from about 200 BC to AD 800 - that compose the artistic canon of Ancient West Mexico, a region encompassing the modern states of Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit.

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Publisher
Art Institute of Chicago
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0865591717
ISBN 13 
9780865591714
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
308