Precolumbian Art: The Pocket Visual Encyclopedia of Art
Book Details
PublisherWelcome Rain Publishers
ISBN / ASIN1566499909
ISBN-139781566499903
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank3,066,944
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the styles, materials and techniques employed in the arts of the different American areas, from prehistory to the sixteenth century, by presenting some of the most significant works that were produced.
Although the selection dedicates more images to the most famous of the Pre-Columbian cultures located in Mesoamerica and the Andes, it also takes in numerous other cultures among all of those that occupied the Americas. For instance, in North America, the book covers the Hopewell, Ancestral Puebloan, Mogollon, Casa Grandes and Mississippian cultures
Although the selection dedicates more images to the most famous of the Pre-Columbian cultures located in Mesoamerica and the Andes, it also takes in numerous other cultures among all of those that occupied the Americas. For instance, in North America, the book covers the Hopewell, Ancestral Puebloan, Mogollon, Casa Grandes and Mississippian cultures
