Books by Dorie Reents-Budet

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has been at the forefront in presenting pre-Columbian artifacts as part of art history rather than in the context of natural history or archaeology. The artworks featured in this volume exemplify the aesthetics and supreme craftsmanship of the peoples of the ancient Americas in pictorial pottery, sumptuous gold body adornments, and luxury textiles.

This stunning new volume presents full-colour plates, details, groupings and comparative images of approximately 147 Pre- Columbian works from the collection of ancient Mesoamerican, Central American, and Andean South American art (spanning 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1530) assembled by John G. Bourne in the 1950's and 1960's.