Art of Costa Rica: Pre-columbian painted and sculpted ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler collections book by Paul A. Clifford, Lois Katz

Language: English

Published by AMS Foundation for the Art, 1985

0913291013 / 9780913291016

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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> One must view the striking and distinctive creative efforts of Costa Rica's early ceramic artists with admiration as one projects their achievements against the backdrop of a culture with no alpha- bet, with limited technology and no extant monu- mental architecture. Despite the designation of Costa Rica as the "rich coast" by Spanish explorers who were impressed by the gold adornments of its people, the area would appear to have been poor in terms of the materials, technology and oppor- tunities essential for the development of impor- tant stone architecture or a wide range of aesthetic creations in stone and metal. "But the Indians of Pre-Columbian Costa Rica.enjoved the advantages even as they suf- fered the vicissitudes of living at the juncture between cultures and the transit point for com- merce. The Costa Rican isthmus, linking North and South America, was exposed to civilizations more sophisticated than its own, utilizing more advanced technologies manifes.…

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Title
Art of Costa Rica: Pre-columbian painted and sculpted ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler collections book by Paul A. Clifford, Lois Katz
Author
Paul A. Clifford, Lois Katz
Publisher
AMS Foundation for the Art
Publication year
1985
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0913291013
ISBN 13
9780913291016
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