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Title:

In the heart of Precolumbian America : the Gérard Geiger Collection / art director, Fayc̦al Zaouali ; layout, Lara Gariboldi [and] Marina Longo ; editorial coordinator, Paola Gallerani ; editing, A. H. Maines ; photography, Pierre-Yves Dhinaut ... [et al.]

Publisher:

5 Continents,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

261 p. : ill., maps ; 31 cm.

Subject:

Geiger, Gérard--Art collections.
Indian art--Catalogs.
Indian art--Mexico
Indian art--Argentina.
Indian art--Costa Rica.
Indian art--Columbia.
Indian art--Venezuela.
Indian art--Ecuador.
Indian art--Peru.
Indian art--Brazil.
Indian art--Bolivia.
Indian art--Chile.
Mexico--Antiquities
South America--Antiquities.
Costa Rica--Antiquities.

Other Authors:

Geiger, Gérard.

Notes:

"The texts by Gérard Geiger ... [et al.] are translated from French by Susan Wise"-- [P.5] Includes bibliographical references (p. 261)

Contents:

Bibliography. Henri Stierlin -- Introduction / Gaston Burnand -- Preface / Ilya Prigogine -- Unity and diversity: Precolumbian America, a cry from a vanished universe / Henri Stierlin -- Olmec Jaguar transformation figures and shamans wearing masks / Peter David Joralemon -- Che viva Guerrero! / Carlo Gay -- A Geiger collection of Mezcala miniatures / Frances Pratt -- The ceremonial outfit of the mesoamerican ball player / Ted J. J. Leyenaar -- The Geiger Maya vase / Justin Kerr -- A classic Maya vase: and what do the glyphs have to say? / Geneviève Le Fort -- Pucara stone sculpture: the Geiger male figure / Margaret Young-Sánchez -- Light and emotion / Pierre-Yves Dhinaut -- Catalogue -- Catalogue entries / Henri Stierlin -- Bibliography.

ISBN:

9788874390649
8874390645

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54507653

Locations:

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)