Teotihuacan :  art from the city of the gods 
/ edited by Kathleen Berrin and Esther Pasztory. 
 - New York   ; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco  : Thames and Hudson  , c1993. 
 - 288 p.  : illus.  ; 29 cm. 
<br/><br/> The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. De Young Museum, 26 May through 31 October 1993. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-284) and index. 
<br/><br/> Easily accessible from Mexico City and endlessly frequented, the ruins of the Pre-Columbian metropolis of Teotihuacan have articulated only some of their secrets. On the occasion of an unprecedented exhibition, this useful volume provides a handsomely illustrated, suitably described, and well-selected sampling from the city's painting, sculpture, and ceramic traditions. Complementing the catalog is a mixed bag of essays that are intended to introduce the serious lay reader to the current state of Teotihuacan scholarship. Among the most compelling are a provocative effort not only to describe the city's growth but also to reconstruct its 'history' and editor Pasztory's penetrating reading of the distinctive formal and iconological qualities of its art. Also included are a summary of recent archaeological work at the site, an overview of the perplexing problem of the 'writing' system, and a most tenuous thesis concerning the city's role in the history of the sacred calendar. An essential addition to collections concerned with the art and archaeology of Mesoamerica. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780500236536 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Indian art---Mexico----Exhibitions.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico) ----Exhibitions.<br/>San Juan Teotihuacán (Mexico)---- Antiquities.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>REF 729.72 TEO