Mimbres Painted Pottery

Santa Fe and Albuquerque, NM: School of American Research; University of New Mexico Press, 1991. xxiii, 253 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), maps; 26 cm. Southwest Indian Arts Series. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. "In this new study of the painting of ancient and pre-twentieth-century southwestern peoples, J. J. Brody argues that such art forms as petroglyphs, painted pottery, and murals should be approached in a twenieth-century, postmodernist context, rather than a simple artifact and incidental decoration." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction; The discovery of the Mimbres; The physical environment; The Swarts ruin: a typical Mimbres village; The human environment; Mimbres painted wares: continuity and change; The potters and their wards; Pottery painting: form and structure of Mimbres black-on-white; Representational paintings; Ethnoaesthetic and other aesthetic considerations.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.