The Art of Ancient Mexico: Northern and Western Mexico

Ditra Walsh Focus on the charming and expressive formative/pre-classic sculpture of Guerrero, Jalisco, Colima and Nayarit, 1500 B.C.-400 A.D., and ceramic art from the fascinating post-classic center of Casas Grandes in Chihuahua. The artisans of ancient Mexico created magnificent sculpture, ceramics, murals, jewelry, carvings, pictorial manuscripts and architectural detail. They were not created as art per se, but as ritual objects or depictions, offerings, vessels and everyday items. Through these art forms, the belief systems associated with them and the spiritual force they still embody, we can reach through time and space to know the people of ancient Mexico. Date & Time: Sun, Dec 9, 2007, 10:00am-1:00pm Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Dire