Monument 2 (El Bobo) Mexico, Veracruz, La Merced, 100-800 BC Stone Centro INAH Veracruz Photo: Consejo Nacional para La Cultura y Las Artes- INAH- Mexico- Javier Hinojosa
Apr 1- May 8, Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico, De Young Museum, San Francisco, Ca.
Considered the “mother culture” of Mesoamerica and recognized as America’s oldest civilization, the people known today as the Olmec developed an iconic and sophisticated artistic style as early as the second millennium BC. The Olmec are best known for the creation of colossal heads carved from giant boulders that have fascinated the public and archaeologists alike since they were discovered in the mid-19th century. The monumental heads remain among ancient America’s most awe-inspiring and beautiful masterpieces today. Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico, featuring over 100 objects drawn primarily from Mexican national collections with additional loans from over 25 museums, is presented at the De Young Museum. Included in the exhibition are colossal heads, a large-scale throne, and monumental stelae in addition to precious small-scale vessels, figures, adornments, and masks. Olmec brings together for the first time new finds and monuments that have never been seen by American audiences and reveals new scholarship on Olmec culture and artifacts.
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- Votive axe, Mexico, Tabasco, La Venta, Mound A-2, Tomb E, 900-400 BC Jadeite with pigment Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City Photo: Consejo Nacional para La Cultura y Las Artes- INAH- Mexico- Javier Hinojosa
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- Seated female figure with polished hematite disk, Mexico, Tabasco, La Venta, Mound A-2, Tomb A (Columnar Tomb) 900-500 BC Jadeite and hematite Museo Nacional de Antropología. Mexico City Photo: Consejo Nacional para La Cultura y Las Artes- INAH- Mexico- Javier Hinojosa
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- Monument 2 (El Bobo) Mexico, Veracruz, La Merced, 100-800 BC Stone Centro INAH Veracruz Photo: Consejo Nacional para La Cultura y Las Artes- INAH- Mexico- Javier Hinojosa
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- Monument 77 (seated figure wearing cape), Mexico, Tabasco. La Venta 900-400 BC Basalt Parque-Museo de La Venta. Villahermosa, Tabasco. Photo: Consejo Nacional para La Cultura y Las Artes- INAH- Mexico- Javier Hinojosa
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- Stela 1 (female figure), Mexico, Tabasco, La Venta, 900-400 BC Basalt Parque-Museo de La Venta. Villahermosa, Tabasco. Photo: Consejo Nacional para La Cultura y Las Artes- INAH- Mexico- Javier Hinojosa
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- Mask, Mexico, Templo Mayor, Offering 20, AD 1470 Hornblende Museo Templo Mayor, Mexico City Photo: Consejo Nacional para La Cultura y Las Artes- INAH- Mexico- Javier Hinojosa
