Treasures from Mexican National Collections on view at the de Young in San Francisco from 19 February to 8 May, 2011
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.
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http://deyoung.famsf.org/deyoung/exhibi ... ent-mexico
Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico at the de Young
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