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Pre-Columbian art : Robert Woods Bliss Collection

By: Contributor(s): 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
Contents:
Introduction -- Cultures and styles / S.K. Lothrup -- Mineralogical attributions / W.F. Foshag -- Textiles / Joy Mahler -- New world metallurgy / S.K. Lothrop -- Plates -- Catalogue -- Maps.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book 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.

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