Book Description
Numerous primitive designs from early Mexican cultures are reproduced to demonstrate native decorative ingenuity and inspire modern artists and designers
Author : Jorge Enciso
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,72 MB
Release : 1953-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486200841
Numerous primitive designs from early Mexican cultures are reproduced to demonstrate native decorative ingenuity and inspire modern artists and designers
Author : Gregory Mirow
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 10,2 MB
Release : 1999-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0486404684
240 meticulously reproduced motifs from the pre-Columbian world include Aztec calendars, animals, mythological characters, scores of other striking images — from codices, Maya hieroglyphs, mask panels, Olmec pottery figures, more. Royalty free.
Author : Marty Noble
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,2 MB
Release : 2004-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486436330
This intriguing collection of designs, adapted from Mayan, Aztec, and Mesoamerican works, includes powerful images of gods, kings, warriors, mythical creatures, and a variety of abstractions. Engrossing illustrations for coloring book enthusiasts of all ages, the designs will add an exotic pre-Columbian touch to a host of art and craft projects. 30 illustrations.
Author : Wilson G. Turner
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 19,80 MB
Release : 2005-09-24
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486443388
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.
Author : Jorge Enciso
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 20,16 MB
Release : 1971-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0486227944
Characterizes ancient Mexican art through black-and-white reproductions of original motifs discovered in archaeological digs
Author : Irmgard Weitlaner-Johnson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,54 MB
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0486142515
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.
Author : Walter Lehmann
Publisher :
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 10,65 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Ethnology
ISBN :
Author : Ferdinand Anton
Publisher :
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 47,8 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Art, Ancient
ISBN :
Author : Jorge Enciso
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,26 MB
Release : 1953-06
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780844606132
Author : Maarten Hesselt Van Dinter
Publisher : Mundurucu Publishing
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 19,52 MB
Release : 2007-01-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789081054348
Beautiful designs once used by ancient cultures such as the Inca, Maya and Aztec civilisations.