Exploring art of the ancient Americas
Subtitle: the John Bourne collection
By: Dorie Reents-Budet ; contributions by Julie Lauffenburger ... [et al.] ; with an introduction by John Bourne
Contributors: Reents-Budet, Dorie; Lauffenburger, Julie A.
Publisher: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore in assocation with D. Giles Ltd.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781907804052; 9780911886764
Subjects: Indians of Mexico; Art; Exhibitions; Indians of South America; Indian art; Antiquities; Art collections; Private collections; Indians of Central America; Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.)
Description: "This illustrated catalogue provides detailed information on 147 works from the collection of John G. Bourne. Each of the three geographical sections of the main catalogue opens with an introductory text on the art, culture and ceremonial features of that region, followed by discursive entries accompanying each work; a checklist provides summary information on the 150 remaining works in the collection. In addition to Mr. Bourne's fascinating account of his first expedition to Chiapas in 1945 and 1946, the catalogue includes an essay on the authentication of Pre-Columbian art."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: recollections of my early travels in Chiapas / John Bourne; title: Mesoamerica; title: Central America; title: Andean South America; title: Colombia and Ecuador; title: Peru and Bolivia; title: Approaches to authentication / Julie Lauffenburger.