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Author : Erin Cathleen Browder
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (33 download)
Download or read book A Study of Elite Costume and Emblem in Classic Maya Art written by Erin Cathleen Browder and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Erin Cathleen Browder
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book “A” Study of Elite Costume and Emblem in Classic Maya Art written by Erin Cathleen Browder and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Kubler
Publisher : New Haven, Conn : Published by the Academy; to be obtained from Archon Books, Hamden, Conn
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Studies in Classic Maya Iconography written by George Kubler and published by New Haven, Conn : Published by the Academy; to be obtained from Archon Books, Hamden, Conn. This book was released on 1969 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicholas Carter
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477320725
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
Download or read book The Adorned Body written by Nicholas Carter and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we dress our bodies—through clothing, footwear, headgear, jewelry, haircuts, and more—is key to the expression of status and identity. This idea was as true for ancient Maya civilization as it is today, yet few studies have centered on what ancient Maya peoples wore and why. In The Adorned Body, Nicholas Carter, Stephen Houston, and Franco Rossi bring together contributions from a wide range of scholars, leading to the first in-depth study of Maya dress in pre-Columbian times. Incorporating artistic, hieroglyphic, and archaeological sources, this book explores the clothing and ornaments of ancient Maya peoples, systematically examining who wore what, deducing the varied purposes and meanings of dress items and larger ensembles, and determining the methods and materials with which such items were created. Each essay investigates a category of dress—including headgear, pendants and necklaces, body painting, footwear, and facial ornaments—and considers the variations within each of these categories, as well as popular styles and trends through time. The final chapters reveal broader views and comparisons about costume ensembles and their social roles. Shedding new light on the art and archaeology of the ancient Americas, The Adorned Body offers a thorough map of Maya dress that will be of interest to scholars and fashion enthusiasts alike.
Author : Nicholas Carter
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477320709
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
Download or read book The Adorned Body written by Nicholas Carter and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adorned Body is the first truly comprehensive book on what the ancient Maya wore, a systematic survey of dress and ornaments, from head to toe and everything in between.
Author : Herbert Joseph Spinden
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486212357
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (123 download)
Download or read book A Study of Maya Art, Its Subject Matter and Historical Development written by Herbert Joseph Spinden and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landmark classic interprets Maya symbolism, estimates styles, covers ceramics, architecture, murals, stone carvings as art forms. Over 750 illustrations.
Author : Matthew G. Looper
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292705565
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Lightning Warrior written by Matthew G. Looper and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using epigraphic, iconographic, and stylistic analyses, this study explores the integrated political-religious meanings of Quirigua's monumental sculptures during the eighth-century A.D. reign of the city's most famous ruler, K'ak' Tiliw. In particular, Matthew Looper focuses on the role of stelae and other sculpture in representing the persona of the ruler not only as a political authority but also as a manifestation of various supernatural entities with whom he was associated through ritual performance.-publisher description.
Author : Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300224672
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Art and Myth of the Ancient Maya written by Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This nuanced account explores Maya mythology through the lens of art, text, and culture. It offers an important reexamination of the mid-16th-century Popol Vuh, long considered an authoritative text, which is better understood as one among many crucial sources for the interpretation of ancient Maya art and myth. Using materials gathered across Mesoamerica, Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos bridges the gap between written texts and artistic representations, identifying key mythical subjects and uncovering their variations in narratives and visual depictions. Central characters—including a secluded young goddess, a malevolent grandmother, a dead father, and the young gods who became the sun and the moon—are identified in pottery, sculpture, mural painting, and hieroglyphic inscriptions. Highlighting such previously overlooked topics as sexuality and generational struggles, this beautifully illustrated book paves the way for a new understanding of Maya myths and their lavish expression in ancient art.
Author : Joanne Pillsbury
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588397319
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art written by Joanne Pillsbury and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2022-11-14 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the complex stories of Mesoamerican divinity through the carvings, ceramics, and metalwork of the Maya Classic period Lives of the Gods reveals how ancient Maya artists evoked a pantheon as rich and complex as the more familiar Greco-Roman, Hindu-Buddhist, and Egyptian deities. Focusing on the period between A.D. 250 and 900, the authors show how this powerful cosmology informed some of the greatest creative achievements of Maya civilization.
Author : Matthew G. Looper
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477318070
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
Download or read book The Beast Between written by Matthew G. Looper and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to focus on the multifaceted images of deer and hunting in ancient Maya art, from the award-winning author of To Be Like Gods: Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization. Winner, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2019 The white-tailed deer had a prominent status in Maya civilization: it was the most important wild-animal food source at many inland Maya sites and also functioned as a major ceremonial symbol. Offering an in-depth semantic analysis of this imagery, The Beast Between considers iconography, hieroglyphic texts, mythological discourses, and ritual narratives to translate the significance and meaning of the vibrant metaphors expressed in a variety of artifacts depicting deer and hunting. Charting the importance of deer as a key component of the Maya diet, especially for elites, and analyzing the coupling of deer and maize in the Maya worldview, The Beast Between reveals a close and long-term interdependence between the Maya and these animals. Not only are deer depicted naturalistically in hunting and ritual scenes, but also they are assigned human attributes. This rich imagery reflects the many ways in which deer hunting was linked to status, sexuality, and war as part of a deeper process to ensure the regeneration of both agriculture and ancestry. Drawing on methodologies of art history, archaeology, and ethnology, this illuminating work is poised to become a key resource for multiple fields.
Author : Matthew G. Looper
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292709889
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book To Be Like Gods written by Matthew G. Looper and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maya of Mexico and Central America have performed ritual dances for more than two millennia. Dance is still an essential component of religious experience today, serving as a medium for communication with the supernatural. During the Late Classic period (AD 600-900), dance assumed additional importance in Maya royal courts through an association with feasting and gift exchange. These performances allowed rulers to forge political alliances and demonstrate their control of trade in luxury goods. The aesthetic values embodied in these performances were closely tied to Maya social structure, expressing notions of gender, rank, and status. Dance was thus not simply entertainment, but was fundamental to ancient Maya notions of social, religious, and political identity. Using an innovative interdisciplinary approach, Matthew Looper examines several types of data relevant to ancient Maya dance, including hieroglyphic texts, pictorial images in diverse media, and architecture. A series of case studies illustrates the application of various analytical methodologies and offers interpretations of the form, meaning, and social significance of dance performance. Although the nuances of movement in Maya dances are impossible to recover, Looper demonstrates that a wealth of other data survives which allows a detailed consideration of many aspects of performance. To Be Like Gods thus provides the first comprehensive interpretation of the role of dance in ancient Maya society and also serves as a model for comparative research in the archaeology of performance.
Author : Detroit Institute of Arts
Publisher : New York : T. Y. Crowell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Art of Ancient Maya written by Detroit Institute of Arts and published by New York : T. Y. Crowell. This book was released on 1959 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survey of Mayan sculpture and painting in text and photographs.
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Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstracts of dissertations available on microfilm or as xerographic reproductions.
Author : Kaylee Rae Spencer
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Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Framing the Portrait written by Kaylee Rae Spencer and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines portraiture at Palenque during the Classic period. I propose that portraits communicated information about the identity of the sitter through the representation of the face and head. I argue that when picturing the same person, sculptors rendered particular facial features with remarkable consistency. Artists also represented modifications to the face. Some superficial treatments that play roles in the ascription of identity include cosmetic devices appended to the face, tattoos or scarification, and facial hair. These changeable features operated alongside the face's form to communicate individual identity. The representation of facial features allowed the designers of visual programs at Palenque to make specific claims about the identity of sitters. For example, in some cases portraits quote physical characteristics observable in earlier portraits to mark biological connections of the individuals represented. Additionally, posthumous portraits furnished opportunities to situate some ancestors into divine lineages. Artists represented the faces, heads, and costumes of certain sitters in a manner that overtly referenced images of Maize Gods. In contrast, contemporary portraiture typically exhibits variations in the face's details, differences in the age of the sitter, and a diverse array of costumes. Despite this instability, portraits created during the sitter's lifetime still exhibit enough consistency to facilitate the identification of particular individuals. I suggest that emphasis placed on either divine lineage or temporal concerns shifted depending on political circumstances. This complex negotiation took place as the roles and responsibilities of kings changed during the Late Classic period. I advocate that portraits reflect the fragile and tenuous political environment during this time period, but more importantly, I propose that portraits actively participated in shaping environments and attitudes of Palenque's inhabitants.
Author : Julia Guernsey
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ritual and Power in Stone written by Julia Guernsey and published by . This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Author : Simon Martin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108483887
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Ancient Maya Politics written by Simon Martin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With new readings of ancient texts, Ancient Maya Politics unlocks the long-enigmatic political system of the Classic Maya.
Author : Mary Harlow
Publisher : BAR International Series
ISBN 13 : 9781407309422
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Dress and Identity written by Mary Harlow and published by BAR International Series. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IAA Interdisciplinary Series: Studies in Archaeology, History, Literature and Art. Volume II. Series Editor: Gillian Shepherd University of Birmingham
