At the Heart of Precolumbian America: The Gérard Geiger Collection - Hardcover

Joralemon, Peter D.; Kerr, Justin; Pratt, Frances; Young-Sanchez, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8874390645 ISBN 13: 9788874390649

Publisher: 5Continents, 2008

Synopsis

Showcases one of the most outstanding collections of pre-Columbian art ever assembled by a private collector that of G,rard Geiger. With comments from the world's most notable specialists on these civilizations, the publication provides access to this material, for the first time, to the public at large.

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About the Author:

Peter David Joralemon is the coeditor of The Face of Ancient America. He has curated the exhibit The Art of Ancient Mexico at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. He lives in New York City. Justin Kerr is a photographer whose rollout and still photographs constitute the Maya Vase Database, a program of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies. He is the coauthor of The Art of the Maya Scribe and the photographer of The Face of Ancient America. He lives in New York City. Frances Pratt is an artist who has made hundreds of illustrations for books on Mesoamerican art. She is the coauthor of Ceramic Figures of Ancient Mexico. She lives in New York City. Margaret Young-Sanchez is curator of pre-Columbian art at the Denver Art Museum. She lives in Denver, Colorado. Henri Stierlin is the author of books on ancient civilizations.

About this edition

• Publisher: 5Continents
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 8874390645
• ISBN 13: 9788874390649
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264