Main entry:

Kelemen, Pál.

Title & Author:

Medieval American art : a survey in two volumes / by Pál Kelemen.

Publication:

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1943.

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, map ; 29 cm

Notes:
Map on front endpapers of v. 2.
Vol. 1: xiv, 414 p.; v. 2: 306 p. of plates, 33 p.
LC copy imperfect, map wanting (rebound in buckram).
DLC
Map on lining-paper.
Includes bibliographical reference (v. 1, pages 385-405) and index.
I. Text.--II. Illustrations.
Also issued online.

Summary:

From dust jacket: "For the first time in any language, the astounding achievements of all artistically important cultures in medieval America appear in one work...From nearly 12,000 photographs acquired 960 were selected to illustrate this survey...Fifty one archaeological sites are illustrated, and eighty four museums and private collections - in the United States, Mexico, Central America, and Europe are represented... Because of its unique approach and and broad scope, this book fills a gap long felt by museums and institutions, as well as by laymen interested in the art side of pre-Columbian America. Its magnificent photographs and wealth of comparative material make it indispensable to all concerned with the antiquity of our continent." Contents include: "Architecture. Sculpture. Pottery. Weaving. Metal work. Jade and other semiprecious stones. Murals and manuscripts. Miscellaneous applied arts. Facets of daily life."

Subject:

Indian art.
Indians Antiquities.
Peuples autochtones Antiquités.
Antiquities.
Art autochtone.
Autochtones Amérique du Nord Antiquités.
Antiquités Amérique.
Indigenous art
Indigenous peoples America Antiquities
America Antiquities.
Amérique Antiquités.
America.

Added entries:

Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 16165
Call No.: 8780; ID:87-B488
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 16164
Call No.: 8780; ID:87-B488
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available