Title:
Maya art and architecture / Mary Ellen Miller and Megan E. O'Neil.
Author:
Miller, Mary Ellen, author.
O'Neil, Megan Eileen, author.
Publication Information:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2014.
Call Number:
F1435.3 .A7 M55 2014
Abstract:
Explores the visual world of the Maya, explaining how and why the Maya created paintings, sculpture and monuments. With an array of new material, from recent finds including the La Corona panels, to new studies of the monuments at Palenque, Zotz and elsewhere, to the beautiful wall paintings discovered in recent years, this new edition will be essential reading.
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780500204221
Series:
World of art
World of art.
Physical Description:
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Previous edition: 1999.
"254 illustrations, 191 in color."
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Precious and plain : the materials of Maya art and architecture -- 3. Building the Maya world -- 4. The human form -- 5. Makers and modelers : developing sculptural style -- 6. Maya sculpture of the palace and court -- 7. Sculpture of the north : the art of Yucatan and Chichen Itza -- 8. From the hand of the scribe : painted vessels in Maya art -- 9. The splendor of colors : the art of murals and books -- 10. A modern world of Maya art.
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