The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership
Princeton, N.J. Art Museum, Princeton University in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1995. Paperback. Black wraps with photo illustration and red and white lettering; xi, 344 pp.; richly illustrated. VG (Wraps are lightly edgeworn/smudged/scuffed; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Item #195187
ISBN: 9780943012193
Created on the occasion of an exhibition held December 16, 1995 through February 25, 1996 at the Art Museum, Princeton University, and April 14th through June 9, 1996 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Contents as follows: Foreword and acknowledgments / Allen Rosenbaum -- Preparing the way / David A. Freidel -- Olmec archaeology / Richard A. Diehl and Michael D. Coe -- Art, ritual, and rulership in the Olmec world / F. Kent Reilly, III -- Art in Olmec culture / Carolyn E. Tate -- Shamanism, transformation, and Olmec art / Peter T. Furst -- The Rainmakers: The Olmec and their contribution to Mesoamerican belief and ritual / Karl A. Taube -- The Olmec Mountain and Tree of Creation in Mesoamerican cosmology / Linda Schele -- Rocks and minerals employed by the Olmec as carvings / George E. Harlow.
Catalogue of the Exhibition -- I. Regeneration and shamanism -- II. The shamanic landscape and journey -- III. Images of supernaturals -- IV. The Axis Mundi -- V. Rulers and regalia -- VI. The young lord -- VII. The shamanic bundle -- VIII. Regional manifestations of the Olmec style.
OCLC: 34103154
Price: $35.00