Pre-Columbian art : Robert Woods Bliss Collection
Publication details: New York : Phaidon Publishers : Distributed by Garden City Books, 1957.Description: 285 pages : illustrations, plates (some color), maps ; 35 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:- E59.A7 B63
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Whitecliffe Library Oversize | General | Oversize E 59 BLI LOT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0001391 |
Catalog of the collection which is now in the National Gallery of Art.
Title and decorative gold stamping on cloth covers.
Introduction -- Cultures and styles / S.K. Lothrup -- Mineralogical attributions / W.F. Foshag -- Textiles / Joy Mahler -- New world metallurgy / S.K. Lothrop -- Plates -- Catalogue -- Maps.
The objects illustrated and described in this volume represent the finest craftsmanship and skill of aboriginal America. Few of these artifacts can be regarded as folk art; the bulk of the collection consists of objects manufactured for the aristocrats of their day who deemed them to be of high artistic merit. Furthermore, they represent a wide range in time and space, and they reflect many and varied stylistic traditions. - Introduction.