Ancient Arts of the AndesMuseum of Modern Art, 1954 - 186 Seiten "Pre-Historic treasures of gold and silver, intricately woven tapestries, delicately painted paper-thin ceramics, and monumental stone carvings. More than 400 priceless objects have been assembled from private and public collections in Latin America, Canada, and the United States for this exhibition which will present for the first time under one roof the finest examples of art produced by ancient civilizations which flourished in the Andean region from about 1200 B.C. until the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century."--Excerpt from press release (see link below). |
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
THE CENTRAL ANDES | 17 |
PERIOD THREE | 41 |
Urheberrecht | |
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