Mexico Splendors of Thirty Centuries by Paz, Octavio - 1990

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990. Paperback. Very good. Quarto (29.5cm), pp. 712 with index. First American edition. Pictorial wraps. Cover has moderate wear and is creased at bottom corner, beginning to tear along crease. Oversize book will require additional postage.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, The. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Metropolitan Museum of Art. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. VERY GOOD. Spine creased, wrappers edgeworn, light soiling to page edges, corners bumped. 712 pp., color and b/w plates and illus. throughout illustrating 365 items. NOTE: Large, heavy volume, may require additional chipping charges. [deV] Size: 4to

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990. Soft Cover. Fine +. Metropolitan Museum of Art,1991. Very Heavy. Soft Cover. Cover has very negligible shelfwear. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Issued in conjunction with the 'Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries' exhibit that was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art., 1990-1991. Binding is tight. Beautiful condition.

New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art. FR/No Dustjacket. (1990). ........ Paperback. 4to., 712 pp., rubbed, bumped, water damage to top edges .

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Bullfich Press [0-87099-596-0] 1990. (Mass market paperback) xv, 712pp. Very good. 4to. Published in conjunction with the 'Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries' held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (October 10, 1990 - January 13, 1991), the San Antonio Museum of Art (April 6 - August 4, 1991), and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (October 6 - December 29, 1991). Black and white and full colour photographs. Light creases to front cover, corners faintly bumped. Internally clean, tight, bright, and surprisingly solid, given its weight. Extra shipping may be required, as it is a hefty tome..

Substantial exhibition catalogue. Contents: Will for form / Octavio Paz -- Ancient Mexican art / Beatriz de la Fuente -- The Olmec at La Venta / Richard A. Diehl -- Izapa / Gareth W. Lowe -- The metropolis of Teotihuacán / Rubén Cabrera Castro -- Monte Alban / Marcus Winter -- The Maya of lowland Palenque / Roberto García Moll -- El Tajín / S. Jeffrey K. Wilkerson -- Chichén Itzá and prosperity in Yucatán / Peter J. Schmidt -- Imperial Tenochtitlan / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma -- The progress of art in New Spain / Jorge Alberto Manrique -- The mission / Donna Pierce. Painted manuscripts / Elizabeth Hill Boone -- Mexican architecture and sculpture in Renaissance modes / Johanna Hecht -- Mexican painting of the Renaissance and counter-Reformation / Marcus Burke -- Creole identity and the transmutation of European forms / Joahnna Hecht -- A Mexican artistic consciousness / Marcus Burke -- The liberation of viceregal architecture and design / Johanna Hecht -- Painting: the eighteenth-century… Read More

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Wrappers. 712 pp., 550 illustrations 417 in full color. Minor creasing to the spine, otherwise fine. Second paperback edition. Introduction by Octavio Paz. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY October 10, 1990-January 13, 1991, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio TX April 6-August 4,1991, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA October 6-December 29, 1991. Includes acknowledgments, further readings, and index..