ARTnews on MSN9 天
At the Americas Society, a Show Honoring Olmec Art Challenges Museum Protocol
Temporal dislocation-the sensation of experiencing multiple temporalities at once-can be felt inside three galleries of New ...
BBC7 年
Episode Transcript – Episode 29 - Olmec Stone Mask
The people of this mask are the Olmec, who ruled in what's now Mexico for around a thousand years, from 1400 to 400 BC. They've been called the mother culture - the 'cultura madre' - of Central ...
UNESCO1 年
National Archaeological Park Tak’alik Ab’aj
Tak’alik Ab’aj is an archaeological site located on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. Its 1,700-year history spans a period that saw the transition from the Olmec civilization to the emergence of Early ...
BBC3 年
Who ruled Mesoamerica before the Maya?
Long before more famous empires such as the Maya, a civilisation called the Olmec were building an impressive legacy. Commonly referred to by experts as the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica ...
AS/COA9 天
ARTnews writes about Beatriz Cortez and rafa esparza's exhibition at Americas Society
The works included in the show "honor antiquity from the ancient Americas, not unlike the artist’s past collaborations," says ...
JSTOR Daily6 年
Review: [Untitled]
Between the Lines. The Mystery of the Giant Ground Drawings of Ancient Nasca, Peru. Austin: University of Texas, 2000. Benson, Eizabeth P. and Beatrice de la Fuente. Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, ...