This is a very unusual old book. It tells about the art of Middle (Central) America & Western South America. The booklet was published in 1946 by The Cleveland Museum of Art. This book was part of a series and appears to be complete in and of itself, pertaining to the subject matter of the book. The soft cover book measures 6 inches by 9 inches and contains 58 pages. It is loaded with many photographs - both full color (4) and black & white (the remainder). The paper cover shows minor signs of wear to the edges, corners and to the spine area. The top right hand corner of the booklet is slightly “bumped.“ The cover is securely attached. The pages are printed on a good quality, glossy paper and show no signs of rips. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this unique old book is between good plus to very good.

Excerpt - Preface:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, in publishing this illustrated booklet, the “Art of the America,” Picture book No. 2, is making a pictorial record of a special exhibition held in the Museum from November 8, 1945 through January 6, 1946. The objects exhibited have value to student and connoisseur, also to a larger public who are interested in knowing the great art of the Western Hemisphere in pre-Columbian times…
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The story of the settling of the western world is fascinating and mysterious. Unquestionably the migration was from north to south; the tribes traveled along the sides of the mountain barriers and through the upland plateaus which stretch the length of Mexico. Some settled where they found arable land, perhaps displacing earlier comers; others pushed along the gradually narrowing Isthmus of Panama, fanning out into South America along the vast mountainous backbone of the Cordilleras of the Andes.

There are no literary references to throw light on the early history of these cultures. The Mayan characters found on may monuments in Yucatan deal almost exclusively with dates, arrived at by elaborate and highly evolved astronomical calculations. The three Mayan codices which are preserve deal with the same material and with representations of the various gods. The Zapotec decorations show characters which are equally unilluminating. The apparently complete absence of a written language in South America makes it impossible to study literary origins there… End excerpt

Gold Plaque, c. 8 ˝” diameter. Cocle, Panama.

Detail of Painted Border of a Mantle, 27” high. Paracas Culture, Peru.

Map on the inside back cover. The same map appears on the inside front cover as well.

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