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Maya art and architecture / Mary Ellen Miller and Megan E. O'Neil.
Series: World of artPublication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2014.Edition: Second editionDescription: 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780500204221 (pbk.)
- 0500204225 (pbk.)
- F1435.3 .A7 M55 2014
Contents:
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.
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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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | F 1435.3 .A7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 251299 |
Previous edition: 1999.
"254 illustrations, 191 in color."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-251) and index.
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.
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.
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