Townsend, Richard (Fraser)
TOWNSEND, Richard (Fraser)
TOWNSEND, Richard (Fraser). American, b. 1938. Genres: Art/Art history. Career: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, instructor in art history, 1967-69; University of Texas at Austin, assistant professor of art, 1974-79; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, curator of Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, 1982-. Publications: State and Cosmos in the Art of Tenochtitlan, 1979; The Aztecs, 1991. EDITOR & CONTRIBUTOR: The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes, 1992; Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past, 1998. Address: Dept of African and Amerindian Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]
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