Painting the Cosmos
The result of decades of study, Alan Grinnell’s Painting the Cosmos presents the spectacular and underappreciated art of Panama and its revealing iconography. Emphasizing brightly painted polychrome designs with complex iconography on myriad ceramic forms, the art of Central Panama (ca. 200 BCE–1500 CE) is highly distinctive compared to other pre-Columbian cultures. The book illustrates more than ...
The result of decades of study, Alan Grinnell’s Painting the Cosmos presents the spectacular and underappreciated art of Panama and its revealing iconography. Emphasizing brightly painted polychrome designs with complex iconography on myriad ceramic forms, the art of Central Panama (ca. 200 BCE–1500 CE) is highly distinctive compared to other pre-Columbian cultures. The book illustrates more than ...
