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Paperback. Condizione: Fine. 1st. 212 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Size: 4to. Collectible.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN 081092160X. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs to edges and corners of covers, slight browning to edges of interior pages. No statement of later printing on copyright page.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 216 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 17 May to 10 August 1997 and the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, 26 September 1997 to 4 January 1998. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A large-format coffee-table book. Profusely illustrated. *** "This book includes works from all of ancient Peru's major cultures - pieces that have long been considered icons of Peruvian art. Spectacular ceramics from Moche, Chimu, and other cultures portray scenes of ritual drama, shamanism, mythology, and warfare. The working of precious metals reached its zenith in ancient Peru, and stunning gold and silver jewelry, headdresses, and ceremonial vessels are featured. A fearsome copper mask of a fanged deity, exquisite mosaic earplugs with inlays of precious shell and stone, an intricate Lambayeque textile featuring elaborate beings - these are just a few of the masterworks that are illustrated and described." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: The spirit of Rafael Larco Hoyle: an introduction, by Kathleen Berrin; Rafael Larco Hoyle (1901-1966), by Clifford Evans; Life and afterlife in pre-Hispanic Peru: contextualizing the masterworks of the Museo Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera, by Richard L. Burger; The coastal islands of Peru: myths and natural resources, by Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco; Moche art: myth, history and rite, by Elizabeth P. Benson; Deer hunting and combat: parallel activities in the Moche world, by Christopher B. Donnan; Andean aesthetics, by Esther Pasztory; Catalogue of objects, by Elizabeth P. Benson and others. Size: 4to. Collectible. …

Hardcover. Condizione: NEW. Condizione sovraccoperta: NEW. 1st. Cloth, 272 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 31 cm. Published by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on the occasion of the exhibition Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Considered the 'mother culture' of Mesoamerica, the Olmec developed an iconic and sophisticated artistic style as early as the second millennium B.C. This pre-Columbian civilization, which flourished in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco between 1400 and 400 B.C., is best known for the creation of colossal stone portrait heads of its rulers. Some weighing up to 24 tons, the monumental heads are among ancient America's most striking and beautiful masterpieces. In the fifteen years since the last major study of the Olmec, archaeologists have made significant finds at key sites in Mexico. This sweeping project brings together the most recent scholarship, along with a diverse selection of more than 100 monuments, sculptures, adornments, masks, and vessels, many of which have never traveled beyond Mexico's borders, that paint a rich portrait of life in the most important Olmec centers, including San Lorenzo, La Venta, and Tres Zapotes. Particular attention is paid to the emergence of the culture, distinctive variations in the art of different city sites, and the chronology and reach of the society during its apex. Centering on the concept of discovery, this wide-ranging volume presents a fresh look at Olmec civilization, recapturing the excitement that greeted the unearthing of the first colossal stone head in 1862." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Olmec art: essence, presence, influence, and transcendence, by Sara Ladron de Guevara; San Lorenzo, by Ann Cyphers; La Venta, by F. Kent Reilly III; Tres Zapotoes: where Olmec archaeology began, by Christopher A. Pol; Olmec-style art outside Olman, by David C. Grove; The Olmec legacy in stone: a Mesoamerican alpha and omega, by Richard A. Diehl; A note on the naming of Olmec monuments, by Christopher A. Pool. Size: Folio. Collectible.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. This is a clean, unmarked copy with light general wear. From the collection of Rene Millon, one of the contributors.