Izapan-Style Art: A Study of Its Form and Meaning

Description

Author: Quirarte, Jacinto (1931-2012)

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C.)

Pub Date: 1973

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Smudging to front cover edges and corners.  Light edge and corner wear.

Notes: Studies in Pre-Columbian Art & Archaeology Number Ten.  Izapan style art originates on the Pacific slopes of the Guatemala-Chiapas highlands.  Once thought of as a “peripheral” style, further study indicated its role as an intermediate style between Olmec and Maya art.  Excellent black-and-white photographs of some of the stelae.