Ritual Beauty: Art of the Ancient Americas

by Marta Turok, Margaret Young Sanchez, Peter T. Furst

Ritual Beauty paints a portrait of social, political and religious life in the ancient Americas, the setting in which these exceptional works of art were created. An overview of the PreColumbian world prior to European contact by Joanne Stuhr is followed by essays on Mesoamerican and Andean cultures, shamanism, and textile arts that contribute important scholarship from eminent experts in the field: Peter T. Furst, Margaret Young S nchez, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981484026
• ISBN13: 9780981484020
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University of Arizona Museum of Art
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 12.3" x 9.5"