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Title:

Golden kingdoms : luxury arts in the ancient Americas / edited by Joanne Pillsbury, Timothy Potts, and Kim N. Richter.

Publisher:

The J. Paul Getty Museum :

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xiv, 311 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm

Subject:

J. Paul Getty Museum--Exhibitions.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)--Exhibitions.
Indian goldwork--History--Exhibitions.
Indian metal-work--History--Exhibitions.
Art objects, Ancient--Latin America--History--Exhibitions.
Luxuries--Latin America--History--To 1500--Exhibitions.
Art and society--Latin America--History--To 1500--Exhibitions.
Latin America--Antiquities--Exhibitions.

Other Authors:

Pillsbury, Joanne, editor.
Potts, Timothy F., editor.
Richter, Kim N., editor.
J. Paul Getty Museum, issuing body. issuing body.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Getty Research Institute, issuing body.
Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Project), sponsoring body.

Notes:

"Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, Latin American & Latino Art in LA"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-296) and index. "Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas" : September 16, 2017-January 28, 2018, The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, United States. "Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas" : February 26-May 28, 2018, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States.

Contents:

Foreword / Timothy Potts, Thomas W. Gaehtgens, and Thomas P. Campbell -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Contributors -- Map of jadeite, turquoise and Spondylus sources with routes of metal technologies in the Americas -- Map of the ancient Americas -- Luminous power: luxury arts in the ancient Americas / Joanne Pillsbury -- For gods and rulers: metalworking in the ancient Americas / Blanca E. Maldonado. Kuntur Wasi / Yoshio Onuki -- Masters of the universe: Moche artists and their patrons / Luis Jaime Castillo. Dos Cabezas / Christopher B. Donnan -- Imperial radiance: luxury arts of the Inca and their predecessors / Joanne Pillsbury. Chornancap / Carlos Wester La Torre -- Metallurgy and prestige in ancient Colombia: Yotoco and Malagana adornments and Muisca offerings / María Alicia Uribe Villegas and Marcos Martinón-Torres -- Magical substances in the land between the seas: luxury arts in northern South America and Central America / John W. Hoopes. Talamanca de Tibás / Ricardo Vazquez Leiva. El Caño / Julia Mayo Torné -- Forests of jade: luxury arts and symbols of excellence in Mesoamerica / Laura Filloy Nadal. La Venta / Rebecca B. González Lauck. Palenque / James A. Doyle -- Essential luxuries: on pleasing and powerful things among the Maya / Stephen Houston. Ek' Balam / Leticia Vargas de la Peña and Victor R. Castillo Borges. The Sacred Cenote of Chichen Itza / James A. Doyle -- Luxuries from the sea: the use of shells in the ancient Americas / Adrián Velázquez Castro -- Bright kingdoms: trade networks, indigenous aesthetics, and royal courts in postclassic Mesoamerica / Kim N. Richter. Monte Albán / Kim N. Richter -- Mexica gold / Leonardo López Luján and José Luis Ruvalcaba Sil. The Aztec Templo Mayor / Allison Caplan -- For new gods, kings, and markets: luxury in the age of global encounters / Julia McHugh -- Catalogue. Central Andes ; Northern Andes and Central America ; Mesoamerica and the American Southwest.

ISBN:

1606065483
9781606065488

OCLC:

(OCoLC)981761498

LCCN:

2017011757

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)