The Ancient Americas : art from sacred landscapes /

The Ancient Americas : art from sacred landscapes /

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Imprint:	Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago ; Munich : Prestel Verlag ; New York, N.Y. : Distribution of the hardcover ed. by Neues Pub. Co., ©1992.
Description:	1 online resource (397 pages) : 427 illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Language:	English
Subject:	Indian art. Indians -- Antiquities. Antiquities. Indian art. Indians -- Antiquities. America -- Antiquities. America. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12524828

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Other authors / contributors:	Townsend, Richard F. Art Institute of Chicago. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
ISBN:	9780300226997 0865591040 9780865591042 3791311883 9783791311883 0300226993 9780300226997
Notes:	Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and shown at the Art Institute, Oct. 10, 1992-Jan. 3, 1993; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Feb. 4-Apr. 18, 1993; and the Los Anglees County Museum of Art, June 6-Aug. 15, 1993. Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-392). Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed October 25, 2019).
Summary:	"A lavishly illustrated catalog of a traveling exhibition marking the Columbus quincentennial explores the common threads in fourteen pre-Columbian cultures, from the Olmec, Maya and Aztec of Mexico and Guatemala through the Chavin culture (900-200 B.C.) of the Andes to the Moche, Chimu and the Inca empire, accompanied by essays from 26 scholars examining sacred geographies, myths and ancient beliefs as they are transmitted through visual arts and architecture"--Publisher's description.
Other form:	Print version: Ancient Americas. Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago ; Munich : Prestel Verlag ; New York, N.Y. : Distribution of the hardcover ed. by Neues Pub. Co., ©1992

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Item Description:	Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and shown at the Art Institute, Oct. 10, 1992-Jan. 3, 1993; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Feb. 4-Apr. 18, 1993; and the Los Anglees County Museum of Art, June 6-Aug. 15, 1993.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (397 pages) : 427 illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-392).
ISBN:	9780300226997 0865591040 9780865591042 3791311883 9783791311883 0300226993