Author: Historical Events Publishing
Narrator: Adrian Smith
Unabridged: 3 hr 38 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Author's Republic
Published: 02/23/2022
Genre: Education - History
OLMECS: A Comprehensive Guide to the Olmecs including Myths, Art, Religion, and CultureDo you want to learn about OLMECS? The Olmec ?rt ?t?l? w?? th? d?min?nt ?r??tig? style ?f Ancient M????m?ri?? b?tw??n c. 1,500 BCE ?nd 400 BCE, ?r mu?h of th? M????m?ri??n F?rm?tiv? (Pr??l???i?) ??ri?d (or c. 1500–400 BCE calibrated). S?h?l?r? h?v? ?u?????full? d?fin?d th? ?t?li?ti? elements ?f Olmec ?rt, th? most important of which i? th? t?nd?n?? t? exhibit a monumentality ?f form in objects of ?ll sizes, including small portable ?bj??t?. Thi? m?num?nt?lit? i? mainly ????m?li?h?d through a f??u? ?n essential f?rm? ?nd smooth ?urf????. Olmec artists were int?r??t?d m?inl? in th? g?n?r?l human form ?nd ??rti?ul?r supernatural creatures. Hum?n? ?nd ?u??rn?tur?l? were r??r???nt?d in ???ur?d ?nd highl? conventionalized forms, with a gr??t int?r??t in g?n?r?l n?tur?li?m but littl? int?r??t in th? ?m?ll detail. Wh?t d?t?il? th?r? ?r? t?nd to define ????ifi? supernatural tr?it?, specific elements of ?lit? ???tum?, ?nd ?t tim?? g?nd?r. Th?r? is little interest in a ??tting or b??kgr?und; the ?urr?unding urban space ???m? t? h?v? ?r?vid?d th? context und?r?t??d b? th? ?udi?n??, ?t l???t in th? ???? ?f m?num?nt?l art. Th? Olm?? ?rt ?t?l? w?? n?t d?fin?d until th? mid-20th ??ntur?. In ?dditi?n t? ?n ?rt ?t?l?, th? term “Olmec” is often used t? define a ?iviliz?ti?n. This h?? l?d to some ??nfu?i?n ?urr?unding th? t?rm, as n?t?d by num?r?u? ??h?l?r?. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn...* Ethni?it? ?nd L?ngu?g?* Et?m?l?g?* M?th?l?g? and R?ligi?n* Political ?rg?niz?tion* N?t?bl? Innovations* Much,much more!
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