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Reading Maya Art

Author : Andrea Stone
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0500051682
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading Maya Art written by Andrea Stone and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated, fully cross-referenced and indexed: an invaluable book for anyone wishing to see and understand Maya art through the eyes of ancient scribes and artists. The art of the ancient Maya may be considered their most singular cultural achievement. Yet despite a surge of popular interest in these remarkable people, few are fully aware of the richness of their artistic legacy, unique in all of pre-Columbian America. Maya art is a rare combination of linear elegance and naturalism blended with dazzling symbolic complexity. Decorated objects, ranging from painted vases and carved jade and shell ornaments to towering stone monuments and building facades, bear the traces of a symbol system that, while fascinating, can make an understanding of these images elusive to the uninitiated. Presented here for the first time is a compendium of one hundred hieroglyphs that are also the building blocks of ancient Maya painting and sculpture. Organized thematically, the symbols touch on many facets of the Maya world, from the natural environment—animals, plants, the heavens—to the mental landscape of gods, myths, and rituals. Using hundreds of line drawings and photographs, Andrea Stone and Marc Zender show how to identify these signs, understand their meaning, and appreciate the novel ways they appear in art. In addition to providing a basic introduction, the authors also offer many new and exciting interpretations.

The Art of Maya and the Three

Author : Jorge Gutierrez
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1506725961
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Maya and the Three written by Jorge Gutierrez and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrant, oversized hardcover showcasing the concept and production art from the beautiful Netflix series by visionary animator and filmmaker, Jorge R. Gutierrez. Meet Maya, the eagle-warrior princess and all the dazzling characters that breathe life into lush and detailed landscapes magically inspired by Mesoamerican, Incan, and Caribbean cultures. Behold the original vision for the series taken from early sketches to final animated wonders, with detailed storyboards, color scripts, and in-depth, bilingual (English and Spanish) commentary. Welcome to the vivid world of Maya and the Three! Bilingual Captions in English and Spanish.

Art of the Maya Scribe

Author : Michael Coe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Art of the Maya Scribe written by Michael Coe and published by . This book was released on 1998-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the four great calligraphic traditions - ancient Egyptian, East Asian, Islamic, and western European - is now added a fifth: that of the ancient Maya. Long known but little understood, Maya writing has now largely been deciphered, leading to a new understanding of the Maya scribes and the society in which they lived. This volume is the first to make full use of the latest research and the first to consider Maya writing both aesthetically and in terms of its meaning. Michael D. Coe begins by examining the origins and character of the script. He then explores the world of the scribes and "keepers of the holy books, " decoding their depiction in Maya art and describing the mediums in which they worked, their tools, and techniques.

Maya Art and Architecture

Author : Mary Ellen Miller
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0500204225
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Maya Art and Architecture written by Mary Ellen Miller and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In addition to serving as an introduction to Maya art, the book communicates enthusiasm for the art’s aesthetic power and grace.” —Choice Rewritten and updated to include the discoveries and new theories from the past decade and a half, this classic guide to the art of the ancient Maya is now illustrated in color throughout. World expert Mary Miller and her co-author Megan O’Neil take the reader through the visual world of the Maya, explaining how and why they created the paintings, sculpture, and monuments that intrigue and compel people the world over. With an array of new material, including the newly found La Corona panels, Waka’ figurines, and the Dz’ibanche’ staircase; studies of the monuments at Palenque, Zotz, and elsewhere; and paintings discovered in recent years; this new edition will be essential reading for students and scholars—and for travelers to the cities of this mysterious civilization.

Reading the Maya Glyphs (Second Edition)

Author : Michael D. Coe
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500773335
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Reading the Maya Glyphs (Second Edition) written by Michael D. Coe and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2005-06-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breaking of the Maya code has completely changed our knowledge of this ancient civilization, and has revealed the Maya people's long and vivid history. Decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing has progressed to the point where most Maya written texts—whether inscribed on monuments, written in the codices, or painted or incised on ceramics—can now be read with confidence. In this practical guide, first published in 2001, Michael D. Coe, the noted Mayanist, and Mark Van Stone, an accomplished calligrapher, have made the difficult, often mysterious script accessible to the nonspecialist. They decipher real Maya texts, and the transcriptions include a picture of the glyph, the pronunciation, the Maya words in Roman type, and the translation into English. For the second edition, the authors have taken the latest research and breakthroughs into account, adding glyphs, updating captions, and reinterpreting or expanding upon earlier decipherments. After an introductory discussion of Maya culture and history and the nature of the Maya script, the authors introduce the glyphs in a series of chapters that elaborate on topics such as the intricate calendar, warfare, royal lives and rituals, politics, dynastic names, ceramics, relationships, and the supernatural world. The book includes illustrations of historic texts, a syllabary, a lexicon, and translation exercises.

A Study of Maya Art, Its Subject Matter and Historical Development

Author : Herbert Joseph Spinden
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486212357
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (123 download)

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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.

Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya

Author : Carla McKinney Brenner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya written by Carla McKinney Brenner and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Art and Myth of the Ancient Maya

Author : Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300207174
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Art and Myth of the Ancient Maya by : Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos

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: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translations and Orthography -- Introduction -- 1 Image and Text -- 2 Pictorial and Textual Sources -- 3 Mesoamerican Cosmogony -- 4 The Maiden -- 5 The Grandmother -- 6 The Sun's Opponents -- 7 The Sun -- 8 The Perfect Youth -- 9 The Father -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z

A Maya Universe in Stone

Author : Stephen Houston
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606067451
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book A Maya Universe in Stone written by Stephen Houston and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first study devoted to a single sculptor in ancient America, as understood through four unprovenanced masterworks traced to a small sector of Guatemala. In 1950, Dana Lamb, an explorer of some notoriety, stumbled on a Maya ruin in the tropical forests of northern Guatemala. Lamb failed to record the location of the site he called Laxtunich, turning his find into the mystery at the center of this book. The lintels he discovered there, long since looted, are probably of a set with two others that are among the masterworks of Maya sculpture from the Classic period. Using fieldwork, physical evidence, and Lamb’s expedition notes, the authors identify a small area with archaeological sites where the carvings were likely produced. Remarkably, the vividly colored lintels, replete with dynastic and cosmic information, can be assigned to a carver, Mayuy, who sculpted his name on two of them. To an extent nearly unique in ancient America, Mayuy can be studied over time as his style developed and his artistic ambition grew. An in-depth analysis of Laxtunich Lintel 1 examines how Mayuy grafted celestial, seasonal, and divine identities onto a local magnate and his overlord from the kingdom of Yaxchilan, Mexico. This volume contextualizes the lintels and points the way to their reprovenancing and, as an ultimate aim, repatriation to Guatemala.

Lightning Warrior

Author : Matthew G. Looper
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292778171
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Lightning Warrior written by Matthew G. Looper and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Maya city of Quirigua occupied a crossroads between Copan in the southeastern Maya highlands and the major centers of the Peten heartland. Though always a relatively small city, Quirigua stands out because of its public monuments, which were some of the greatest achievements of Classic Maya civilization. Impressive not only for their colossal size, high sculptural quality, and eloquent hieroglyphic texts, the sculptures of Quirigua are also one of the few complete, in situ series of Maya monuments anywhere, which makes them a crucial source of information about ancient Maya spirituality and political practice within a specific historical context. 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. By tracing this sculptural program from its Early Classic beginnings through the reigns of K'ak' Tiliw and his successors, and also by linking it to practices at Copan, Looper offers important new insights into the politico-religious history of Quirigua and its ties to other Classic Maya centers, the role of kingship in Maya society, and the development of Maya art.

The Maya Art of Speaking Writing

Author : Tiffany D. Creegan Miller
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 081654235X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Maya Art of Speaking Writing written by Tiffany D. Creegan Miller and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the distinctions between “old” and “new” media and narratives about the deprecation of orality in favor of inscribed forms, The Maya Art of Speaking Writing draws from Maya concepts of tz’ib’ (recorded knowledge) and tzij, choloj, and ch’owen (orality) to look at expressive work across media and languages. Based on nearly a decade of fieldwork in the Guatemalan highlands, Tiffany D. Creegan Miller discusses images that are sonic, pictorial, gestural, and alphabetic. She reveals various forms of creativity and agency that are woven through a rich media landscape in Indigenous Guatemala, as well as Maya diasporas in Mexico and the United States. Miller discusses how technologies of inscription and their mediations are shaped by human editors, translators, communities, and audiences, as well as by voices from the natural world. These texts push back not just on linear and compartmentalized Western notions of media but also on the idea of the singular author, creator, scholar, or artist removed from their environment. The persistence of orality and the interweaving of media forms combine to offer a challenge to audiences to participate in decolonial actions through language preservation. The Maya Art of Speaking Writing calls for centering Indigenous epistemologies by doing research in and through Indigenous languages as we engage in debates surrounding Indigenous literatures, anthropology, decoloniality, media studies, orality, and the digital humanities.

Maya Lin

Author : Jeanne Walker Harvey
Publisher : Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1250112494
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Maya Lin written by Jeanne Walker Harvey and published by Henry Holt Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The bold story of Maya Lin, the artist-architect who designed the Vietnam War Memorial"--

Unwriting Maya Literature

Author : Paul M. Worley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0816534276
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Unwriting Maya Literature written by Paul M. Worley and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume provides a decolonial framework for reading Maya and Indigenous texts"--Provided by publisher.

The Lost Cities of the Mayas

Author : Fabio Boubon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788854401280
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Cities of the Mayas written by Fabio Boubon and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through pen-and ink drawings and watercolours, this book recount the 19th century epic of the art of illustration and the rediscovery of history's great Maya civilization. Frederick Catherwood produced artwork-depicting views of ancient monuments with great accuracy. Although he was trained as an architect, his real passion in life was art, particularly portraying ancient cultures. He was a man who loved to travel which was a significant influence on his art. At the age of 40, Catherwood accompanied a successful writer named John Lloyd Stephens to Central America. What they found on their trip amazed them: wonderfully majestic but deserted cities. The ruins in these cities were the inspiration of Catherwood's art, created by using a camera lucida (an optic device that preceded the invention of photography) to aid him in his drawings. The artwork that Catherwood produced was vivid and intriguing and became a best seller. Central America was not the only place that Catherwood went to get inspiration for his artwork. Before devoting himself to the discovery of the Mayas, he disguised himself as a.

Art and Society in a Highland Maya Community

Author : Allen J. Christenson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292789831
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Art and Society in a Highland Maya Community written by Allen J. Christenson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of a major piece of modern Mayan religious art.

Reading the Maya Glyphs

Author : Michael D. Coe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500051108
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Reading the Maya Glyphs written by Michael D. Coe and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reading the Maya Glyphs" is a compact, portable guide that enables students, tourists, and armchair travelers to read and understand commonly encountered classic Maya texts. 2-color illustrations throughout.

Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs

Author : John Montgomery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs written by John Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative work is the first visual dictionary of Maya glyphs published since the script's complete deciphering, offering a much-needed, comprehensive catalogue of 1100 secured glyphs. Each entry includes the illustrated glyph, its phonetic transcription, Mayan equivalent, part of speech, and meaning. About the Author John Montgomery was an illustrator, epigrapher, writer, and PhD candidate in the field of Pre-Columbian Art at the University of New Mexico. He taught art history at the South-western Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque. A long and varied experience in Central America first inspired his interest in the ancient Maya. His glyphic illustrations are based on a lifetime of involvement with Maya glyph decipherment.