Description: The Olmec World : Ritual and Rulership by Richard A. Diehl, F. Kent Reilly 3rd,. Between 1400 and 400 BC, in what is now Mexico and Central America, the Olmec people created a magnificent culture, one too often overshadowed by those of the Maya and the Aztec. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition of over 250 Olmec works of art - ceramic, jade and stone - on display at the Art Museum, Princeton University in December 1995, and travelling to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Essays by prominent scholars offer interpretations of such topics as the power of objects within the context of the Olmec ritual system. These identify and illustrate the fundamental themes of Olmec small-scale sculpture, the sacred role of the maize in Olmec ideology, and the relationship of Olmec culture to later civilizations. An illustrated glossary of motifs and symbols is provided to clarify the often highly abstract style and encoded iconography of the Olmec. The book also includes precise mineralogical descriptions of the lithic materials they used. Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1995. The Art Museum, Princeton University. Released in conjunction with an exhibit of the same title. The exhibit had residency at Princeton and in Houston, Texas at The Museum of Fine Arts. There are essays by 8 different authors and 567 illustrations, 282 of which are full color. Covers show scufifng/rubbing with nicks at edge. Signed by Co-author Karl Taube.
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Book Title: Olmec WORLD : Ritual and Rulership
Item Length: 11.4in.
Item Width: 11.8in.
Author: F. Kent Reilly 3rd, Michael D. Coe, Peter T. Furst, Richard A. Diehl, David A. Frieidel
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
Publisher: Princeton Tec University Art Museum
Publication Year: 1995
Genre: Social Science
Number of Pages: Xi, 344 Pages
