Ancient Arts of the Americas

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PRAEGER WORLD OF ART PAPERBACl^'
Ancient Arts
of the Americas
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G. H. S. BUSHNELL | ^
Ranging from the monumental—the pyramids at Tfeotihua,cán —to the slight—the monochromatic pottery of EcuaHo'r— pre-Columbian art provides a fascinating commentary on the culture of ancient America. In this carefully docurnented study, the distinguished English archaeologist G.H.S. Bushnell traces the history of this art from 2500 b.c. to the sixteenth-' century Spanish conquest of the New World. ;
Drawing upon more than a decade spent living and exploring in Latin America, Dr. Bushnell discusses the many phases of pre-Columbian art—including painting, sculpture, architecture, pottery, jewelry, and textiles—within their historical j framework. He focuses first on the civilizations of Mexico ; and Peru, where pre-Columbian art reached its height—where, I with only the simplest of mechanical tool.s, these peoples created the Maya pyramids, the massive buildings at Teo-tihuacán, and the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

PRAEGER WORLD OF ART PAPERBACl^'
Ancient Arts
of the Americas
< ¦ i
G. H. S. BUSHNELL | ^
Ranging from the monumental—the pyramids at Tfeotihua,cán —to the slight—the monochromatic pottery of EcuaHo'r— pre-Columbian art provides a fascinating commentary on the culture of ancient America. In this carefully docurnented study, the distinguished English archaeologist G.H.S. Bushnell traces the history of this art from 2500 b.c. to the sixteenth-' century Spanish conquest of the New World. ;
Drawing upon more than a decade spent living and exploring in Latin America, Dr. Bushnell discusses the many phases of pre-Columbian art—including painting, sculpture, architecture, pottery, jewelry, and textiles—within their historical j framework. He focuses first on the civilizations of Mexico ; and Peru, where pre-Columbian art reached its height—where, I with only the simplest of mechanical tool.s, these peoples created the Maya pyramids, the massive buildings at Teo-tihuacán, and the temple at Chavln. Iri. North America, the | West Indies, and Central America, other cultures were creating their own art which, although often overshadowed by the spectacular legacies of Mexico and Peru, is ma:rked by extraordinary manual skill and variety.
Broad .ii^^ácope and riclv in information. Ancient Arts of the Americas spans more than 4,000 years of American culture to provide a handsomely illustrated reference work for serious "students and casual readers as well as tourists. the author : G.H.S. Bushnell has been Curator of the Cam- * bridge University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology since 1948 and is now also Reader in New World Archaeology. The author of Pent (a volume in the Praeger Ancient Peoples and Places series) and other archaeological works. Dr. Bushnell has traveled widely, throughout the Americas.
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