World of Art The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec

Type

Book

Authors

Miller ( Mary Ellen Miller )

ISBN 10

0500203458

ISBN 13

9780500203453

Tags

Criticism, History, Art History, Archaeology

Series Name

World of Art

Description

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.

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