The 1,400 articles in this fully-indexed encyclopedia cover all the major artistic developments in Central and South American and the Caribbean from the colonial period (16th century) to the present, charting the adaptations of European artistic traditions and the evolution of individual natural cultures. Lavishly indexed with 540 illustrations, including 90 in full color.
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The 1,400 articles in this fully-indexed encyclopedia cover all the major artistic developments in Central and South American and the Caribbean from the colonial period (16th century) to the present, charting the adaptations of European artistic traditions and the evolution of individual natural cultures. Lavishly indexed with 540 illustrations, including 90 in full color.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Grove, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Handsome very bright & newlooking copy. 1296 entries with 396 b & w illustrations, 84 in color. Glossy crisp jacket with a couple of minor pleats at upper front. Heavy and oversize. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca library..
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VG (Only slight wear to dj and book block edges, otherwise clean. ) Blue buckram, gilt letters on spine, blue & color illus. dust jacket, 782 pp., 395 BW illus., 84 color illus.; weighs 4.5 lbs. Series: Grove Encyclopedia of the Arts of the Americas. "Covers the art of every country in Central and South America and the Caribben, from the colonial period to the present day. Country surveys chart the evolution of artistic traditions and the melding of European and native art forms not only in architecture and the fine arts, but also in interior design, metalwork, textiles and other decorative arts, and include discussions of art patronage and training in each nation. Biographies range from the 17th-century architect and sculptor Juan Tomas Tuyru Tupac Inca, a descendent of the Inca nobility, to the youngest artist profiled, Jac Lierner....There are also some 25 new biographies of contemporary Latin American artistis. the 1296 entries are complemented by 396 black-and-white and 84 colour illustrtions." (dj).
