Main entry:

Kubler, George, 1912-1996, author.

Title & Author:

The art and architecture of ancient America : the Mexican, Maya, and Andean peoples.

Publication:

Baltimore, [Md.] : Penguin Books, [1962]

Description:

xxxv, 396 pages, 168 plates : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Series:

The Pelican history of art, Z21

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-378).
Introduction : The lands and the peoples : Mexico-Central America ; The Andean environment. The chronological problem ; Anthropology and American antiquity ; Diffusion or polygenesis? ; The history of art ; The place of the artist : The early hunters ; Early villagers ; The theocracies ; The terminal stages -- The Mexican civilizations : The early valley of Mexico : Formative: 1500-500 B.C. ; Teotihuacan: 300 B.C.-A.D. 900 : Chronology ; Architecture ; Sculpture ; Painting. Xochicalco -- The valley of Mexico after A.D. 1000 : The Toltec revolution : Architecture ; Sculpture. The Chichimec interlude ; The Aztec confederacy : Architecture ; Sculpture ; Painting -- The gulf coast : The Olmec style : Instrumental forms ; Colossal heads ; Relief structure ; Figurines of clay ; And jade. The central coast : Architecture ; Stone sculpture ; Clay figurines and heads. The Huasteca -- Southern Mexico : The classic Zapotec style : Architecture ; Stone sculpture ; Clay sculpture ; Wall painting. The Mixtecs : Mitla ; The marriage reliefs ; Murals Painted books and maps ; Ceramics -- Western Mexico : The stone-workers of Guerrero ; The potters of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit ; Michoacan ; The Northern Plateaus -- The Maya and their neighbours : The Maya tradition: architecture : Classic Maya : Geographical divisions ; Temporal divisions. Classic architecture : The Peten ; The river cities ; The dry forest: Rio Bec ; The well country: Los Chenes ; The hill country: the Puuc -- The Maya tradition sculpture and painting : Sculpture : Figural reliefs ; Jades ; Pottery. Architectural decoration ; Painting : Pottery painting -- From the Toltec Maya to the Spaniards : Architecture : Chichen Itza ; The East Coast ; The problem of Tula. Sculpture : Full-round figures ; Processional reliefs. Painting : Mural ; Manuscripts -- The neighbours of the Maya : The Guatemalan highlands ; Eastern Central America : The Ulua 'Marbles' ; Costa Rican mainland sculpture ; The pacific coast -- The Andean civilizations : The Northern Andes: Colombia and Ecuador : Northern South America ; Colombia : Architecture ; Sculpture ; Metalwork. The pacific equatorial coast -- The Central Andes: early Northern Peru : Pre-Chavin remains in the north ; Early Ancash art : Cerro Sechin ; Moxeke ; Punkuri ; Chavin. Later Ancash art : The Callejon de Huaylas -- The Upper North: Mochica and Chimu : Pre-Mochica styles ; The classic Mochica peoples : Architecture ; Sculpture ; Painting. The end of Mochica art ; The Lambayeque dynasty ; The Chimu period : Architecture ; Sculpture. The highland basins -- Central Peru : From Lima North ; South of Lima -- The South Coast valleys : Paracas and Nazca : Architecture ; Pottery ; Textiles. The end of Nazca art : The Tiahuanaco Period (c. 950-1200) -- The South Highlands : The early Altiplano ; Tiahuanaco : Architecture ; Sculpture ; Painting ; Iconography. The Mantaro Basin ; The valley of Cuzco : Inca architecture and painting.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Offers a survey of the paintings and architecture of the Mexican, Mayan, and Andean peoples.

ISBN:

0140560211 (hardcover)
9780140560213 (hardcover)

Subject:

Indian art.
Indian architecture.
Indians Antiquities.
Art History.
Mayas.
Art des Peuples autochtones.
Peuples autochtones Antiquités.
Architecture des Peuples autochtones.
Art précolombien.
Architecture précolombienne.
Art Histoire.
art history.
Mayan (language family)
Maya (culture or style)
Antiquities
Architektur
Kunst
Kunst Altamerika
Architektur Altamerika
Arte.
Arte (Historia)
Arte Pre-Colombiana.
Arquitetura.
Arte (Colecoes Em Museus)
Native Americans Art.
Native Americans Architecture.
Architecture India.
Native Americans Antiquities.
Art Amérique du Sud.
Antiquités Amérique du Sud.
Latin America Antiquities.
Amérique latine Antiquités.
Latin America
Amerika
Südamerika
Altamerika

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Swelim, Nabil.|tNabil Swelim personal library collection.
Pelican history of art ; Z21.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 37671
Call No.: PO1731
Notes: In slipcase
Status: Available