An extensively illustrated 174 pg. hardcover catalog; with essay by two noted scholars, Peter T. Furst and Gillett G. Griffin, situate Mezcala within an aesthetic context and explore the cosmology of those who carved, chiseled, sawed, drilled, and polished these stones with only the most rudimentary of tools.

Sculpture and Cosmology in Ancient Guerrero

Science & Math

Peter T. Furst

Gillett G. Griffin

Astronomy & Space Science

Examines Indian art, including weapons, wood and stone carvings, pottery, masks, and jewelry

North American Indian Art

Arts & Photography

Jill L. Furst

History & Criticism

Rizzoli

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 Sánchez, and Marta Turok. The volume is richly illustrated and annotated with artifacts from both Mesoamerica and the Andean region and the readable and informative essays are suitable for the layperson as well as the scholar.

Ritual Beauty: Art of the Ancient Americas

Marta Turok

Joanne Stuhr

MARGARET YOUNG-SÁNCHEZ

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

University of Arizona Museum of Art

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