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The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Art of MesoamericaThis 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.
Full description- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Published: 10 September 2001
- Format: Paperback 240 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Art History | Art History: Ancient & Classical BCE to c 500 CE | Art History: Byzantine & Medieval c 500 CE to c 1400 | Archaeology By Period / Region
- ISBN 13: 9780500203453 ISBN 10: 0500203458
- Sales rank: 608,340
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Full description for The Art of Mesoamerica
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.
