Contributions

  • Ken Kokrda (Contributor) - Contributor
  • Barbara Moulard (Contributor) - Contributor
  • Richard F. Townsend (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

2005-11-11 - Yale University Press

Language

English

Word Count

52,000 words, Guess

Page Count

208 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005929267
  • Goodreads860056
  • LibraryThing2864238

Classifications

  • LCCE78.S7 C37 2005

Description

"This illustrated catalogue focuses on the ceramic works of the Casas Grandes region of northwest Mexico, which flourished at the ancient site of Paquime, around A.D. 1280-1450." "In the accompanying essays, expert art historians and an artist-teacher discuss the complex imagery of approximately 80 Casas Grandes vessels with 60 pieces representing other major styles of the Greater Southwest. Superb examples show polychromatic designs of real and mythological animals, together with abstract human figures and remarkably varied geometries, demonstrating the imaginative complexity and exceptional achievement of the Casas Grandes potters. Certain motifs reflect affinities with distant Mesoamerica, yet the authors show that these forms were absorbed into a visual vocabulary that reflected the unique artistic and cosmological outlook of Casas Grandes, within the native Southwestern cultural tradition."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Casas Grandes and the Ceramic Art of the Ancient Southwest (Published in Association with The Art Institute of Chicago)HardcoverYale University Press2005-11-11

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