A guide to pre-Columbian art / foreword by Carmen Fauria ; texts by Jean Paul Barbier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Museu Barbier-Mueller Art Precolombí.

Contributor:

Barbier-Mueller, Jean Paul, 1930-2016.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian art--Central America.

Indian art.

Art.

Central America.

Indian art--South America.

South America.

Art--Spain--Barcelona.

Museu Barbier-Mueller Art Precolombí--Guidebooks.

Museu Barbier-Mueller Art Precolombí.

Spain--Barcelona.

Genre:

Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

102 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Milan : Skira ; Barcelona : Museu Barbier-Mueller Art Precolombí ; New York : Distributed in North America by Abbeville Publishing Group, 1998.

Summary:

This easy-to-use guide provides a unique opportunity to gain a closer view of the pre-Hispanic world.

Edited by Jean Paul Barbier, one of the foremost collectors of 'primitive' art and Director of the Barcelona Museum of Ethnology, the text provides a close analysis of the origins and the decline of the greatest ancient American civilizations. The Mayas, Aztecs and Inkas are revealed alongside many other lesser known but equally fascinating cultures, from the Amazon Basin, the forest of the Eastern Mississippi and the mountains and deserts of the Southwestern United States. Chapters range from a commentary on the art of Central America, Peru and Western Mexico to a study of the goldsmith's craft and of the three cities of Teotihuacan, Monte Alban and El Tajin. Stone and wooden sculptures, ceramics, gold and silver jewelry and fabrics selected from the rich collections of the Museo Barbier-Mueller of Pre-Columbian art in Barcelona illustrate the extraordinary sophistication of early American artists. The text is supplemented by detailed geographical maps, photographs of archaeological sites and drawings, to give the whole picture of life in Pre-Columbian America.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

8881182521

OCLC:

39234536