Before América: Original Sources in Modern CultureFrom artifacts to the avant garde: the Amerindian visual aesthetic presented in a colossal and copiously illustrated catalog After Europeans christened two sweeping continents with hundreds of individual cultures and traditions America, the visual culture of the New World became filled with reinterpretations of ancient civilizations from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. Before Amrica turns back the clock to examine the formation of Americanist identity