The Ancient Americas : art from sacred landscapes / Richard F. Townsend, general editor ; with essays by Anthony F. Aveni [and others].
Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago ; Munich : Prestel Verlag ; New York, N.Y. : Distribution of the hardcover ed. by Neues Pub. Co., ©1992.
397 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm
A lavishly illustrated catalog of a traveling exhibition marking the Columbus quincentennial explores the common threads in fourteen pre-Columbian cultures, from the Olmec, Maya and Aztec of Mexico and Guatemala through the Chavin culture (900-200 B.C.) of the Andes to the Moche, Chimu and the Inca empire, accompanied by essays from 26 scholars examining sacred geographies, myths and ancient beliefs as they are transmitted through visual arts and architecture.
0865591040 (paper)
9780865591042 (paper)
3791311883 (hardcover)
9783791311883 (hardcover)
Indian art Exhibitions.
Indians Antiquities Exhibitions.
Indigenous art North America Exhibitions.
Indigenous art Central America Exhibitions.
Indigenous art South America Exhibitions.
Art autochtone Amérique du Nord Expositions.
Art autochtone Amérique centrale Expositions.
Art autochtone Amérique du Sud Expositions.
Art précolumbien Expositions.
Peuples autochtones Antiquités Expositions.
Indigenous art
Antiquities
Indian art
Indians Antiquities
Kunst
Ausstellung
Heilige plaatsen.
Beeldende kunsten.
Indigenous peoples Antiquities
America Antiquities Exhibitions.
America Antiquities.
Amérique Antiquités Expositions.
South America
North America
Central America
America
Altamerika
Visual arts
Ausstellung Chicago (Ill.) 1992.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.
Townsend, Richard F., editor.
Aveni, Anthony F., writer of added text.
Townsend, Richard F.
Areni, Anthony F.
Art Institute of Chicago, issuing body, host institution.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, host institution.
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Location: Library main 91524
Call No.: ID:93-B463
Status: Available
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