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Ritual arts of the new world : pre-Columbian America / texts by Octavio Paz, Jean Paul Barbier ... [et al.].

By: Paz, Octavio, 1914-1988
Contributor(s): Barbier-Mueller, Jean-Paul, 1930- | Museu Barbier-Mueller Art Precolombí
Language: English Publisher: Milano : Skira, 2000.Description: 407p. : ill., col. maps, col. plates ; 30cm.ISBN: 8881183269Subject(s): Museu Barbier-Mueller Art Precolombí -- Catalogs | Indian art -- Catalogues | Indians -- Antiquities -- Catalogues | American antiquities -- CataloguesDDC classification: 709.8074
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Closed Stacks qKUL [PAZ] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M38231
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Works of art reproduced are from the collection of the Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino de Barcelona. - Bibl.: p.405-407. - Contents: Pre-Columbian Mexican art / O. Paz; The discovery: Christopher Columbus / Jean Paul Barbier; The beginning of the end of the American empire - after Columbus / J.P. Barbier; The conquest of Mexico - Hernando Cortés / J.P. Barbier; The conquest of Peru - Francisco Pizarro / J.P. Barbier; The art of Mesoamerica / Henri Stierlin; The art of ancient Peru / Danièle Lavallée; The arts of Amazonia / C. Gentil Corrêa; Arts of the upper Amazon / Iris Barry; Descriptive catalogue.

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