The Arts of the Ancient Americas at the Dallas Museum of Art

This book features over 100 masterpieces of ancient American art, including ceramics, metalworks, stone carvings, and textiles from various civilizations, such as the Ancestral Puebloan, Mexica, Olmec, Maya, Chavín, Inca, and Moche. It also includes rare artifacts like a Chavín crown, a four-panel Andean tunic, a Mixtec mosaic mask, a Maya lidded tetrapod bowl, and gold jewelry from the Isthmo-Colombian Area.

Format: Hardback
Length: 360 pages
Publication date: 24 January 2023
Publisher: Yale University Press

An exquisite and comprehensive collection of artworks from the ancient Americas, encompassing a wide range of Indigenous creations from the southwestern United States, Mesoamerica, the Isthmo-Colombian Area, and the Andes of South America. This remarkable book presents over 100 masterpieces of art from the ancient Americas, each carefully presented in historical, archaeological, and artistic contexts with stunning new photography and scholarly insights. The publication delves into a diverse array of ceramics, metalworks, stone carvings, and textiles from some of the earliest civilizations in the Americas, including the Ancestral Puebloan, Mexica, Olmec, Maya, Chavín, Inca, Moche, Wari, and many more. Among the highlights are extraordinary rarities such as a magnificent Chavín crown adorned with deity figures, a previously unknown style of four-panel Andean tunics, a stunning Mixtec mosaic mask, a magnificent Maya lidded tetrapod bowl, and breathtaking gold jewelry from the Isthmo-Colombian Area. This captivating publication has been meticulously distributed by the Dallas Museum of Art, ensuring its accessibility to a wide audience and further enriching our understanding and appreciation of the rich artistic heritage of the ancient Americas.

Dimension: 305 x 229 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300266870