The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec

The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec

by Mary Ellen Miller
The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec

The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec

by Mary Ellen Miller

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Overview

Mary Ellen Miller’s rich visual and scholarly survey of pre-Hispanic art and architecture, including the most recent archaeological finds.

Expanded and revised in its sixth edition, The Art of Mesoamerica surveys the artistic achievements of the high pre-Hispanic civilizations of Central America—Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec—as well as those of their lesser-known contemporaries.

Providing an in-depth examination of central works, this book guides readers through the most iconic palaces, pyramids, sculptures, and paintings. From the Olmec colossal head 5 recovered from San Lorenzo to the Aztec calendar stone found in Mexico City’s Zocalo in 1790, this book reveals the complexity and innovation behind the art and architecture produced in pre-Hispanic civilizations.

This new edition incorporates fifty new lavish color images and extensive updates based on the latest research and dozens of recent discoveries, particularly in Maya art, where excavations at Teotihuacan, the largest city of Mesoamerica, and Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztecs, have yielded new sculptures.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780500204504
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 06/11/2019
Series: World of Art
Edition description: Sixth
Pages: 296
Sales rank: 361,026
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Mary Ellen Miller is former dean of Yale College, and now directs the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Her book with Linda Schele, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art, is considered a landmark in Maya studies.

Table of Contents

Map 6

Preface 8

Chapter 1 Introduction 11

Chapter 2 The Olmecs: Establishing Mesoamerican foundations 24

Chapter 3 Late Formative: A diverse Mesoamerica comes of age 52

Chapter 4 Teotihuacan: City of fire, city of water 82

Chapter 5 Classic cities from coast to coast 108

Chapter 6 The rise of Classic Maya cities 129

Chapter 7 Late Classic: Maya cities at their height 153

Chapter 8 Mesoamerica after the fall of Classic cities 199

Chapter 9 The Aztecs: A new world found 238

Chronological table 278

Select bibliography 279

Illustration credits 288

Index 291

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