Art of Mesoamerica From Olmec to Aztec

Name: Art of Mesoamerica From Olmec to Aztec
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ISBN: 9780500203927

ISBN-10: 050020392X

ISBN-13: 9780500203927

Edition: 4th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Mary Ellen Miller

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"An essential guide to the art and architecture of ancient Central America."Colonial Latin American Historical Review Mary Ellen Miller evocatively surveys the artistic achievements of the high Precolumbian civilizationsOlmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, Aztecas well as those of their less well-known contemporaries. Their pyramids and palaces, jades and brightly colored paintings emerge from these pages as vividly as when they first astonished Cortes's men in 1519. The fourth edition of this standard work includes exciting new discoveries, from Palenque, Mexico, where architecture and sculpture reveal a dramatic eighth century, to San Bartolo, Guatemala, where Maya paintings have riveted…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 10/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English




Introduction



The Olmecs



The late formative



Teotihuacan



Monte Alban, Veracruz and Cotzumalhuapa



The early classic Maya



The late classic Maya



Mesoamerica after the fall of classic cities



The Aztecs