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Designs from Pre-Columbian Mexico (Dover Pictorial Archive) by Enciso, Jorge

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Item specifics

Condition
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ISBN
9780486227948

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486227944
ISBN-13
9780486227948
eBay Product ID (ePID)
482268

Product Key Features

Book Title
Designs from Pre-Columbian Mexico
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1971
Topic
Latin America / Mexico, Clip Art, Decorative Arts, Native American
Features
New Edition
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Art, History
Author
Jorge Enciso
Book Series
Dover Pictorial Archive Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
6.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
18
Dewey Decimal
745.4/41
Edition Description
New Edition
Synopsis
300 bold, rhythmic circle designs, originally incorporated on small clay spindle weights, depicting man-like deities, animals both real and fantastic, reptiles, birds, flowers, masks, geometrical figures, wheels, foliage, maze-like patterns, frets -- all employed with the boldness and fanciful characteristics of pre-Columbian art., 300 bold, rhythmic circle designs, originally incorporated on small clay spindle weights, depicting man-like deities, animals both real and fantastic, reptiles, birds, flowers, masks, geometrical figures, wheels, foliage, maze-like patterns, frets - all employed with the boldness and fanciful characteristics of pre-Columbian art., This is a sourcebook and treasury of unique designs, in a collection never published before--300 original motifs created by the Aztecs, Toltecs, Totonacs, and others--all ready for use by the artist, illustrator, designer, hobbyist, and handicrafter. As an inexpensive source of unusual themes, this volume is unparalleled. The designs were found on malacates, small clay spindle weights or whorls made by the pre-Conquest peoples of Mexico and discovered in archeological digs. The unknown artists showed great imagination and originality in decorating the essentially round objects, each with its hole at center. In the large outer circles appear motifs of the humanlike deities, animals both real and fantastic, reptiles, birds, flowers, masks, geometrical figures, wheels, foliage, maze-like patterns, frets--employed with all the boldness and fanciful ideas characteristic of pre-Columbian art. Rendered in sharp black-and-white, the designs may be reproduced, enlarged, reduced, or altered at will. Wherever a novel, strong, rhythmic effect is desired--in advertising, book design, packages, wrappings, labels, bookplates, textiles, wallpapers, leather craft, woodwork, jewelry, metalcraft--these motifs will serve beautifully. The designs were selected by Jorge Enciso, an outstanding figure in the cultural life of Mexico, from malacates in the archeological museums of Mexico City, Teotihuacán, and Tuxtla Gutiérrez, and the collections of Diego Rivera, William Spratling, Roberto Montenegro, and others.
LC Classification Number
F1219.3.A7

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