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 ...
PBS8 年
The Rest of the World at the time of Classical Greece
Mesoamerica: During the 5th and 6th centuries BC, the ancient Olmec civilization was coming to an end in Mexico. At the about same time, the Mayan civilization was rapidly expanding in Honduras ...
National Geographic news10 年
Rome's Ancient Catacombs
A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs ... National Geographic photo. The Olmec civilization, the first in ...
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 ...
BBC7 年
Episode Transcript – Episode 29 - Olmec Stone Mask
pyramids and public buildings of a city that in its day was the same size as ancient Rome. But it's a city that owes a great deal of its shape to the models given them by the Olmecs. The culture ...