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Author : Sotheby's (Firm)
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Total Pages : 166 pages
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Download or read book Pre-Columbian Art written by Sotheby's (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lee Allen Parsons
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780936260242
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)
Download or read book The Face of Ancient America written by Lee Allen Parsons and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For archaeologists, artists, art historians, and all lovers of art, expecially pre-Columbian art." -- Choice "... one of the better general pre-Columbian catalogues to appear in a long time." -- African Arts More than 150 examples of Olmec and Maya art are described in detail, discussed, and reproduced in magnificent full-color photographs. The collection is grouped into cultural and geographical sections to give a complete picture of the most significant civilizations of ancient Latin America.
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Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book Pre-Columbian Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karl A. Taube
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884022756
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (227 download)
Download or read book Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks written by Karl A. Taube and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks presents the Olmec portion of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. It illustrates all thirty-nine Olmec art objects in color plates and includes many complementary and comparative black-and-white illustrations and drawings. The body of Pre-Columbian art that Robert Bliss carefully assembled over a half-century between 1912 and 1963, amplified only slightly since his death, is a remarkably significant collection. In addition to their aesthetic quality and artistic significance, the objects hold much information regarding the social worlds and religious and symbolic views of the people who made and used them before the arrival of Europeans in the New World. This volume is the second in a series of catalogues that will treat objects in the Bliss Pre-Columbian Collection. The majority of the Olmec objects in the collection are made of jade, the most precious material for the peoples of ancient Mesoamerica from early times through the sixteenth century. Various items such as masks, statuettes, jewelry, and replicas of weapons and tools were used for ceremonial purposes and served as offerings. Karl Taube brings his expertise on the lifeways and beliefs of ancient Mesoamerican peoples to his study of the Olmec objects in teh Bliss collection. His understanding of jade covers a broad range of knowledge from chemical compositions to geological sources to craft technology to the symbolic power of the green stone. Throughout the book the author emphasizes the role of jade as a powerful symbol of water, fertility, and particularly, of the maize plant which was the fundamental source of life and sustenance for the Olmec. The shiny green of the stone was analogous to the green growth of maize. This fundamental concept was elaborated in specific religious beliefs, many of which were continued and elaborated by later Mesoamerican peoples, such as the Maya. Karl Taube employs his substantial knowledge of Pre-Columbian cultures to explore and explicate Olmec symbolism in this catalogue.
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Total Pages : 186 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of Sale written by Sotheby's (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elizabeth P. Benson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691264945
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Maya Iconography written by Elizabeth P. Benson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark work on the iconography of one of the world’s great civilizations This book presents foundational work on Maya iconography from leading practitioners in fields ranging from archaeology, anthropology, and art history to linguistics, astronomy, photography, and medicine. The period discussed runs from the last centuries B.C. through the great Maya Classic period, with some discussion of later eras and of regions outside the Maya area. Featuring an incisive introduction by Elizabeth Benson and Gillett Griffin, Maya Iconography demonstrates how Maya beliefs developed over time and makes important connections between Preclassic and Classic iconography. The contributors are John Carlson, Michael Coe, David Freidel, Donald Hales, Norman Hammond, Nicholas Hellmuth, John Justeson, Barbara Kerr, Justin Kerr, Mary Ellen Miller, William Norman, Lee Parsons, Francis Robicsek, Linda Schele, David Stuart, and Karl Taube.
Author : Richard A. Diehl
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884021759
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (217 download)
Download or read book Mesoamerica After the Decline of Teotihuacan, A.D. 700-900 written by Richard A. Diehl and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1989 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen D. Houston
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884022541
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (225 download)
Download or read book Function and Meaning in Classic Maya Architecture written by Stephen D. Houston and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1998 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These articles mark a significant stage in the study of Maya architecture and the society that built it. They represent advances in our understandings of the past, point toward avenues for further studies, and note the distance yet to travel in fully appreciating and understanding this ancient American culture and its material remains.
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Total Pages : 1496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalogues of Sales written by Sotheby's (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1990-11-15 with total page 1496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francesco Pellizzi
Publisher : Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Publications Department
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
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Download or read book The Pre-Columbian written by Francesco Pellizzi and published by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Publications Department. This book was released on 1996 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Res is a journal of anthropology and comparative aesthetics dedicated to the study of the object, in particular cult and belief objects and objects of art. The journal presents contributions by philosophers, art historians, archaeologists, critics, linguists, architects, artists, and others. Its field of inquiry is open to all cultures, regions, and historical periods. Res also publishes iconographic and textual documents important to the history and theory of the arts. Res appears twice yearly, in the spring and autumn. The journal is edited by Francesco Pellizzi. More information about Res is available at www.res-journal.org.
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Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Journal of Mesoamerican Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicholas M. Hellmuth
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Total Pages : 532 pages
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Download or read book Maya Cylindrical Tripods and Related Early Classic Art written by Nicholas M. Hellmuth and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Virginia M. Fields
Publisher : Scala Books
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Total Pages : 294 pages
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Download or read book Lords of Creation written by Virginia M. Fields and published by Scala Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a unique perspective on Mayan culture, documenting the
Author : Stephen D. Houston
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Inscriptions and Monumental Art of Dos Pilas, Guatemala written by Stephen D. Houston and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karl Herbert Mayer
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Total Pages : 284 pages
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Download or read book Maya Monuments written by Karl Herbert Mayer and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 792 pages
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Download or read book Handbook of Latin American Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains records describing books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers published in the field of Latin American studies. Coverage includes relevant books as well as over 800 social science and 550 humanities journals and volumes of conference proceedings. Most records include abstracts with evaluations.
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Total Pages : 202 pages
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Download or read book Journal of Mayan Linguistics written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
