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

Mary Ellen Miller

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500203458 ISBN 13: 9780500203453

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

third edition. 193 illustrations with 44 in colour.

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

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 edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0500203458
• ISBN 13: 9780500203453
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 240