Author: Jorge Enciso
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486200841
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Numerous primitive designs from early Mexican cultures are reproduced to demonstrate native decorative ingenuity and inspire modern artists and designers
Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico
Author: Jorge Enciso
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486200841
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Numerous primitive designs from early Mexican cultures are reproduced to demonstrate native decorative ingenuity and inspire modern artists and designers
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486200841
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Numerous primitive designs from early Mexican cultures are reproduced to demonstrate native decorative ingenuity and inspire modern artists and designers
Designs from Pre-Columbian Mexico
Author: Jorge Enciso
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486227944
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Characterizes ancient Mexican art through black-and-white reproductions of original motifs discovered in archaeological digs
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486227944
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Characterizes ancient Mexican art through black-and-white reproductions of original motifs discovered in archaeological digs
Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico
Author: Jorge Enciso
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780844606132
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780844606132
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Aztec Designs
Author: Wilson G. Turner
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486443388
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Rich in mythology and art, the Aztec civilization dominated central Mexico during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. This handsome volume contains 42 pages of authentic Aztec designs derived from ceramics, statues, altars, shields, books, and other priceless artifacts. Gods, rulers, warriors, slaves, animals, and activities both secular and sacred are brilliantly rendered by Wilson G. Turner, a skilled artist/archaeologist and a specialist in pre-Columbian archaeology. Brief captions identify each image. Artists, designers, and illustrators will find in Aztec Designs a wealth of ideas and inspiration for a myriad of projects. Colorists will enjoy adding their own conceptions of color to these ancient motifs.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486443388
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Rich in mythology and art, the Aztec civilization dominated central Mexico during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. This handsome volume contains 42 pages of authentic Aztec designs derived from ceramics, statues, altars, shields, books, and other priceless artifacts. Gods, rulers, warriors, slaves, animals, and activities both secular and sacred are brilliantly rendered by Wilson G. Turner, a skilled artist/archaeologist and a specialist in pre-Columbian archaeology. Brief captions identify each image. Artists, designers, and illustrators will find in Aztec Designs a wealth of ideas and inspiration for a myriad of projects. Colorists will enjoy adding their own conceptions of color to these ancient motifs.
Mexican Indian Folk Designs
Author: Irmgard Weitlaner-Johnson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486142515
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
This fascinating book is the product of intensive scholarly research, its exacting illustrations based on choice examples of Mexican Indian textiles in many different museums and private collections. Incorporating abstract and geometric forms as well as highly stylized images of flowers, plants, animals, birds, and humans, the patterns represent more than 20 major Mexican Indian cultures. Among the designs are a two-faced feathered serpent from the Huichol culture, an allover pattern dominated by horizontal zigzags woven by the Otomí, and a flower and leaf design from the Tepehua. The Huasteco people are represented by a bold motif featuring prancing animals with bushy tails; a Nahuatl design depicts a lion with a flower in his mouth; while an elegant curvilinear Mazatec motif features flowers, vines, and birds. Other peoples whose art is represented include the Tarahumara, Tepecano, Mestizo, Zapotec, Mixteco, and Cuicatec. In the bold, startling designs originated by these cultures are primal links to the imagery of other cultures and traditions, centuries old and worldwide. Artists, designers, and craftspeople will value this modestly priced collection as a source of striking and unusual royalty-free designs for inspiration and practical use; anyone interested in Mexican Indian culture will find it an important reference as well.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486142515
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
This fascinating book is the product of intensive scholarly research, its exacting illustrations based on choice examples of Mexican Indian textiles in many different museums and private collections. Incorporating abstract and geometric forms as well as highly stylized images of flowers, plants, animals, birds, and humans, the patterns represent more than 20 major Mexican Indian cultures. Among the designs are a two-faced feathered serpent from the Huichol culture, an allover pattern dominated by horizontal zigzags woven by the Otomí, and a flower and leaf design from the Tepehua. The Huasteco people are represented by a bold motif featuring prancing animals with bushy tails; a Nahuatl design depicts a lion with a flower in his mouth; while an elegant curvilinear Mazatec motif features flowers, vines, and birds. Other peoples whose art is represented include the Tarahumara, Tepecano, Mestizo, Zapotec, Mixteco, and Cuicatec. In the bold, startling designs originated by these cultures are primal links to the imagery of other cultures and traditions, centuries old and worldwide. Artists, designers, and craftspeople will value this modestly priced collection as a source of striking and unusual royalty-free designs for inspiration and practical use; anyone interested in Mexican Indian culture will find it an important reference as well.
Mexican Textiles
Author: Masako Takahashi
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811833783
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Whether its a hand-woven sarape, a festive square of oilcloth, or a delicate trimming of lace, Mexican textiles reflect passionate appreciation for color, pattern, and design. In the dazzling pages of Mexican Textiles, photographer and Mexican art aficionado Masako Takahashi shares her love of the form, taking readers on a journey through this sun-drenched land. She visits artisan workshops, weaving centers, lace makers, and family-owned rug manufacturers for an inside view of how traditional fabrics are designed, dyed, woven, and finished. Takahashi also takes her camera into scores of unique homes to show how new and antique woven treasures are used to advantage in modern dcor. In the text, readers discover insightful notes on regional differences, history, technique, and tips for identifying quality materials and craftsmanship. Overflowing with exuberance and creative ideas, and including a resource section listing the major textile markets and vendors throughout Mexico, Mexican Textiles is an indispensable resource book for appreciating and collecting artfully crafted Mexican fabrics.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811833783
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Whether its a hand-woven sarape, a festive square of oilcloth, or a delicate trimming of lace, Mexican textiles reflect passionate appreciation for color, pattern, and design. In the dazzling pages of Mexican Textiles, photographer and Mexican art aficionado Masako Takahashi shares her love of the form, taking readers on a journey through this sun-drenched land. She visits artisan workshops, weaving centers, lace makers, and family-owned rug manufacturers for an inside view of how traditional fabrics are designed, dyed, woven, and finished. Takahashi also takes her camera into scores of unique homes to show how new and antique woven treasures are used to advantage in modern dcor. In the text, readers discover insightful notes on regional differences, history, technique, and tips for identifying quality materials and craftsmanship. Overflowing with exuberance and creative ideas, and including a resource section listing the major textile markets and vendors throughout Mexico, Mexican Textiles is an indispensable resource book for appreciating and collecting artfully crafted Mexican fabrics.
The Natural History of the Soul in Ancient Mexico
Author: Jill Leslie McKeever Furst
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300072600
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A richly illustrated look at basic Precolumbian beliefs among ancient Mesoamerican peoples about life and death, body and soul. Drawing on linguistic, ethnographic, and iconographic sources, art historian Jill McKeever Furst argues that the Mexica turned not to mental or linguistic constructions for verifying ideas about the soul, but to what they experienced through the senses. 32 illustrations.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300072600
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A richly illustrated look at basic Precolumbian beliefs among ancient Mesoamerican peoples about life and death, body and soul. Drawing on linguistic, ethnographic, and iconographic sources, art historian Jill McKeever Furst argues that the Mexica turned not to mental or linguistic constructions for verifying ideas about the soul, but to what they experienced through the senses. 32 illustrations.
Aztec Designs Coloring Book
Author: Wilson G. Turner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486467791
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Thirty accurate depictions of traditional designs re-create the glorious art of an ancient culture. Based on authentic ceramics, statues, and other artifacts, the images portray gods, kings, warriors, animals, and rituals.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486467791
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Thirty accurate depictions of traditional designs re-create the glorious art of an ancient culture. Based on authentic ceramics, statues, and other artifacts, the images portray gods, kings, warriors, animals, and rituals.
Inca Designs
Author: Carol Belanger Grafton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486498492
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A treasury of hard-to-find Inca artwork, this compilation features hundreds of striking designs. The images are drawn from the collections of a 19th-century anthropologist whose expeditions to Peru yielded a remarkable store of artifacts that reside today in museums throughout Germany. Designs, paintings, and relief representations depict ancient people, animals, and rituals. Reprint of selections from Ancient Peruvian Art, Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1902–03.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486498492
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A treasury of hard-to-find Inca artwork, this compilation features hundreds of striking designs. The images are drawn from the collections of a 19th-century anthropologist whose expeditions to Peru yielded a remarkable store of artifacts that reside today in museums throughout Germany. Designs, paintings, and relief representations depict ancient people, animals, and rituals. Reprint of selections from Ancient Peruvian Art, Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1902–03.
Maya Designs
Author: Wilson G. Turner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486240479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
authentic Maya designs, from murals, vases, codexes, instruments, glyphs, etc.—all with informative captions.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486240479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
authentic Maya designs, from murals, vases, codexes, instruments, glyphs, etc.—all with informative captions.