Olmec - Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico

Klappentext "This catalogue was published by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on the occasion of the exhibition Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico"--Colophon. Zusammenfassung Considered the 'mother culture' of Mesoamerica! the Olmec developed an iconic and sophisticated artistic style as early as the second millennium BC. This title presents a fresh look at Olmec civilization! capturing the excitement that greeted the unearthing of the first colossal stone head in 1862.

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• Authors: Kathleen Berrin, Kathleen Fields Berrin
• Assisted by: Kathleen Berrin (Editor), Berrin Kathleen (Editor), Virginia M. Fields (Editor), Fields Virginia M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2010
• EAN: 9780300166767
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16676-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Yale)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; Mexico, ART / History / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, ART / Caribbean & Latin American, History of Art, Archaeology by period / region, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory