Research Catalog
Indian art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago
- Title
- Indian art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago / Richard Townsend ; with contributions by Elizabeth Pope.
- Author
- Art Institute of Chicago, author, issuing body.
- Publication
- Chicago : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2016]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQG 17-166 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Townsend, Richard F.
- Description
- 395 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 32 cm
- Summary
- "This landmark publication catalogues the Art Institute of Chicago's outstanding collection of Indian art of the Americas, one of the foremost of its kind in the United States. Showcasing a host of previously unpublished objects dating from the Precolumbian era to the twentieth century, the book marks the first time these holdings have been comprehensively documented. Richard Townsend and Elizabeth Pope weave an overarching narrative that ranges from the midwestern United States to the Yucatán Peninsula to the heart of South America. While exploring artists' myriad economic, historical, linguistic, and social backgrounds, the authors demonstrate that they shared both a deep, underlying cosmological view and the desire to secure their communities' prosperity by affirming connections to the sacred forces of the natural world. The critical essays focus on topics that bridge traditions across North, Central, and South America, including materials, methods of manufacture, the diversity of stylistic features, and the iconography and functions of various objects. Gorgeously illustrated in color with more than five hundred vibrant images, this handsome catalogue serves as the definitive survey of an unparalleled collection"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Catalogs.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-386) and index.
- Contents
- North America -- Midwest and Southeast -- Southwest -- Far West -- Great Plains -- Mesoamerica -- Introduction: Preclassic and Formative -- Olmec -- Ancient West Mexico -- Teotihuacan -- Oaxaca -- Maya -- Classic Veracruz -- Aztec -- Lower Central America -- Andes, Peru, and Bolivia -- Introduction -- Chavín and Cupinisque -- Paracas and Nazca -- Moche -- Tiwanaku and Wari -- Lambayeque, Chimú, Chancay, and Pachacamac -- Inca.
- Call Number
- JQG 17-166
- ISBN
- 9780300214833 (hardback)
- 0300214839 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2016015235
- OCLC
- 945767587
- Author
- Art Institute of Chicago, author, issuing body.
- Title
- Indian art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago / Richard Townsend ; with contributions by Elizabeth Pope.
- Publisher
- Chicago : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2016]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-386) and index.
- Added Author
- Townsend, Richard F., author.
- Research Call Number
- JQG 17-166