Pre-Columbian Art and the Post-Columbian World
Ancient American Sources of Modern Art
Description:... Braun begins her discussion with a summary of the introduction and reception of Pre-Columbian images and artifacts in Europe and the United States from the sixteenth century forward, and she closes with a look at how the work of more recent artists, such as Color Field painter Alfred Jensen, Minimalist sculptor Tony Smith, earth artist Robert Smithson, and ceramists Kenneth Price and David Gilhooly, continues to be indebted to ancient American forms and ideas. Visual confirmation of these connections is given in more than 300 striking illustrations, 97 of them in color. An illustrated time chart and historical map provide the reader with easy reference points for the various ancient cultures of Mesoamerica and South America covered in the text. A bibliography and an index round out this thoughtful, intriguing volume.
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