
Aztec Art
Esther Pasztory(Author)
University of Oklahoma Press
Published on 15. September 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-8061-2536-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first comprehensive book on Aztec art: eleven chapters illustrated with seventy-five superb color plates and hundreds of photographs, supplemented by maps and diagrams. Temple architecture, majestic stone sculpture carved without metal tools, featherwork and turquoise mosaic, painted books, and sculptures in terra cotta and rare stones - all are here.Pasztory has placed these major works of Pre-Columbian art in a historical context, relating them to the reigns of individual rulers, events in Aztec history, and the needs of different social groups from the elite to the farmer. She focuses on the little-known aspects of the aesthetics, poetry and humanity of the Aztecs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oklahoma
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
319 black & white illustrations, 75 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
1422 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8061-2536-7 (9780806125367)
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