Within the Underworld Sky: Mimbres Ceramic Art in Context by Barbara L. Moulard
Author: Barbara L. Moulard
Photos: John Bigelow Taylor
Publisher: Twelvetrees press, 1984
Hardcover
ISBN: 0-942642-11-2
Page Count: 160
From the publisher’s catalog description: Within The Underworld Sky: Mimbres Ceramic Art in Context. The Mimbres, a prehistoric people living in the Southwest New Mexico from A.D. 950 to 1150, refined and executed complex and naturalistic painted ceramics and their relationship to other ceramics created by the cultures of the Southwest region are explored in Barbara Moulard's extensive text. Her writing is the first to examine the art of the Mimbres within a much larger framework of regional religious, political and artistic tradition. Over one hundred full page gravure plates of masterpiece ceramics accompany the text.
In one sense there is no surprise in this book. The exceptional skill of the southwestern Native Americans in pottery has long been known. That this applies to a vanished culture a thousand years ago seems normal. But think about the eons of experimentation with materials and technique. Think of the artistic eye seeking inspiration in the landscape, and the spiritual eye translating their cosmology to art. Think of the hundreds of ancient and modern societies that have never developed images or pot quality like is seen here. Then the wonder starts to build anew. We also are then moved to give thanks to Moulard and her colleagues for this important work of cultural history.
Condition: To be confirmed
Author: Barbara L. Moulard
Photos: John Bigelow Taylor
Publisher: Twelvetrees press, 1984
Hardcover
ISBN: 0-942642-11-2
Page Count: 160
From the publisher’s catalog description: Within The Underworld Sky: Mimbres Ceramic Art in Context. The Mimbres, a prehistoric people living in the Southwest New Mexico from A.D. 950 to 1150, refined and executed complex and naturalistic painted ceramics and their relationship to other ceramics created by the cultures of the Southwest region are explored in Barbara Moulard's extensive text. Her writing is the first to examine the art of the Mimbres within a much larger framework of regional religious, political and artistic tradition. Over one hundred full page gravure plates of masterpiece ceramics accompany the text.
In one sense there is no surprise in this book. The exceptional skill of the southwestern Native Americans in pottery has long been known. That this applies to a vanished culture a thousand years ago seems normal. But think about the eons of experimentation with materials and technique. Think of the artistic eye seeking inspiration in the landscape, and the spiritual eye translating their cosmology to art. Think of the hundreds of ancient and modern societies that have never developed images or pot quality like is seen here. Then the wonder starts to build anew. We also are then moved to give thanks to Moulard and her colleagues for this important work of cultural history.
Condition: To be confirmed
Author: Barbara L. Moulard
Photos: John Bigelow Taylor
Publisher: Twelvetrees press, 1984
Hardcover
ISBN: 0-942642-11-2
Page Count: 160
From the publisher’s catalog description: Within The Underworld Sky: Mimbres Ceramic Art in Context. The Mimbres, a prehistoric people living in the Southwest New Mexico from A.D. 950 to 1150, refined and executed complex and naturalistic painted ceramics and their relationship to other ceramics created by the cultures of the Southwest region are explored in Barbara Moulard's extensive text. Her writing is the first to examine the art of the Mimbres within a much larger framework of regional religious, political and artistic tradition. Over one hundred full page gravure plates of masterpiece ceramics accompany the text.
In one sense there is no surprise in this book. The exceptional skill of the southwestern Native Americans in pottery has long been known. That this applies to a vanished culture a thousand years ago seems normal. But think about the eons of experimentation with materials and technique. Think of the artistic eye seeking inspiration in the landscape, and the spiritual eye translating their cosmology to art. Think of the hundreds of ancient and modern societies that have never developed images or pot quality like is seen here. Then the wonder starts to build anew. We also are then moved to give thanks to Moulard and her colleagues for this important work of cultural history.
Condition: To be confirmed