Pre-Columbian Art from Central America and Colombia at Dumbarton Oaks Contributor(s): McEwan, Colin (Editor), Hoopes, John W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0884024695 ISBN-13: 9780884024699 Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2022 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Caribbean & Latin American - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Permanent - History | United States - State & Local - General |
Dewey: 975.3 |
LCCN: 2020042809 |
Physical Information: 2.2" H x 9.3" W x 12.1" (8.60 lbs) 806 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The final installment in the definitive series of catalogues of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection, Pre-Columbian Art from Central America and Colombia at Dumbarton Oaks examines a comprehensive and expertly curated collection of jade and gold objects from Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. This lavish catalogue provides over two hundred detailed and illustrated descriptions of objects that span approximately two millennia. Illustrated in detail with hundreds of high-quality photographs in full color and with stunning clarity, these breathtaking works of art reveal the ingenuity, skill, and vision of Indigenous artists and artisans. With a dozen accompanying chapters by thirty contributors from the United States, Europe, and Latin America, this landmark publication describes the objects in the context of a history of the collection, production techniques, technical analyses, iconographic interpretations, and evaluations of material from specific archaeological sites. Pre-Columbian Art from Central America and Colombia at Dumbarton Oaks is a major watershed in the archaeology of the Isthmo-Colombian Area, representing an essential contribution to scholarship on fascinating cultures from an area located between Mesoamerica and the Andes, with ties to the Antilles and Amazonia, in the center of the Americas. |