This volume documents the splendid accomplishments of Ancient West Mexico, and brings together some of its finest examples of sculptural art, including representations of people, animals and plants, as well as vessels and models of houses, ceremonial centres, ball games and ritual scenes. All the extraordinary earthenware figures illustrated here have been recovered from burial sites and shaft tombs. They represent a wide range of subjects - warriors, chieftains, ladies, acrobats, shamans, musicians, ball players, festival couples and bound prisoners - in a variety of styles from about 200 BC to AD 800 - that compose the artistic canon of Ancient West Mexico, a region encompassing the modern states of Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit.
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This beautiful and impressively researched book accompanies an exhibit organized by the Art Institute of Chicago. Editor Townsend is curator of the institute's Department of African and Amerindian Art and author of The Aztecs (Thames & Hudson, 1993), among other titles. The book's 15 essays, written by an international group of experts, explore the art, archaeology, and cultural and political history of the region while demonstrating connections to other Mesoamerican cultures and influence on major 20th-century painters and sculptors. The essays are supplemented by 446 illustrations, maps, chronological charts, site plans, and tomb reconstructions. Few other books exist on this area of Mexico, which recent investigations indicate was a much more advanced culture than originally believed. Recommended for larger public and academic libraries and for special collections.?Sylvia Andrews, Indiana State Lib., Indianapolis
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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With a plethora of stunning color images of artifacts, authors who are specialists in art history, anthropology, and archaeology attach meaning to the Teuchitlan tradition. -- Science News, Vol. 155, 9 January 1999
[A]n array of intricate earthenware tomb sculptures made by a society whose sophistication we're only now discovering. -- Boston Globe, 6 December 1998
[A]n array of intricate earthenware tomb sculptures made by a society whose sophistication we're only now discovering. -- Boston Globe, 6 December 1998
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A step forward for West Mexican History,
This review is from: Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past (Hardcover)
This work provides a nice look at a part of what we know about this area. Western Mexico has a largely unappreciated history even among scholars in the mesoamerican field. It's probably safe to say that the written history of this area has only begun to develope despite a long record of investigation.The photography in this work is excellent. The text is informative. Anyone interested in this area owes it to themselves to read this.
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This book is a delight to read and look at the photographs. Very unusual samples of ceramic art. The text is as the title indicates rather on the archeological side. The only thing missing is a description of the actual clay technique used (coils). Highly recommended.
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Ancient West Mexico is a fascinating region that has been overlooked by many scholars through the years. Finding very good information about the cultures of West Mexico is difficult. This book is wonderful...it has the latest archaeological information, beautiful photographs of the pieces and the landscape, and great detailed illustrations and diagrams. I often teach about the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica and this is a perfect resource.
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