Description: Pub Date: 2010 Format: Hardback with color illus. Pages: 272 pp. Size: 10.50 x 12.00 inchesISBN: 9780300166767TB Code: 1805267Availability: 215 in stock Considered the “mother culture” of Mesoamerica, the Olmec developed an iconic and sophisticated artistic style as early as the second millennium B.C. This pre-Columbian civilization, which flourished in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco between 1400 and 400 B.C., is best known for the creation of colossal stone portrait heads of its rulers. Some weighing up to 24 tons, the monumental heads are among ancient America’s most striking and beautiful masterpieces. In the fifteen years since the last major study of the Olmec, archaeologists have made significant finds at key sites in Mexico. This sweeping project brings together the most recent scholarship, along with a diverse selection of more than 100 monuments, sculptures, adornments, masks, and vessels, many of which have never traveled beyond Mexico’s borders, that paint a rich portrait of life in the most important Olmec centers, including San Lorenzo, La Venta, and Tres Zapotes. Particular attention is paid to the emergence of the culture, distinctive variations in the art of different city sites, and the chronology and reach of the society during its apex.
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Subject: Art & Photography
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Book Title: Olmec : Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico
Item Length: 12in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 10.5in
Author: Virginia M. Fields
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Caribbean & Latin American, Archaeology, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, History / Ancient & Classical
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Art, Social Science
Item Weight: 69.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
