Screen LibraryMaya art and architecture /
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 discove...
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Thames & Hudson,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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World of art
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| Summary: |
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. |
| Carrier Form: | 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-251) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780500204221 0500204225 |
| Index Number: | F1435 |
| CLC: | K887.318 |
| Call Number: | K887.318/M649/2nd ed. |
| 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. |