Courtly art of the Ancient Maya

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Call Number: 709.72 Mi
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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"Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 4 April-25 July 2004; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 4 September 2004-2 January 2005"--Title page verso.
Life at the Maya court -- The divine models of courtly culture -- Women at court -- Word and image in the Maya court -- The court at war -- Palenque : an exemplary Maya court -- New discoveries and personal accounts in the Maya west ; Gods of the scribes and artists / Michael D. Coe ; Dressed lords and ladies / María Teresa Uriarte ; The multiple of languages of a single relief / Beatriz de la Fuente ; The techniques of the Palenque sculptors / Merle Greene Robertson ; Technique, color, and art at Bonampak / Diana Magaloni ; The cult of patron and ancestor gods in censers at Palenque / Martha Cuevas García ; State and domestic cult in Palenque censer stands / Roberto López Bravo ; The discoveries in Temple 19, Palenque / Alfonso Morales, Julia C. Miller ; History, mythology, and royal legitimization at Palenque's Temple 19 / David Stuart ; The throne panel of Temple 21 at Palenque / Arnoldo González Cruz, Guillermo Bernal Romero ; Shield Jaguar and Structure 23 at Yaxchilan / Roberto García Moll ; The acropolis of Piedras Negras : portrait of a court system / Stephen D. Houston -- Tales from the crypt : the burial place of Ruler 4, Piedras Negras / Héctor L. Escobedo.
"Written by leading authorities and including thirteen personal accounts of the latest ground-breaking research, Courtly Arts of the Ancient Maya examines the royal courts and their art in unprecedented depth. Color photographs and specially commissioned drawings reveal a dazzling array of objects that still have the power to engage and astonish observers centuries after their creation." "The book investigates the rise in the importance of the court, its mythical backdrop, the role of women and the place of warfare. The works of artists and scribes - ceramic censers, stucco heads, jade masks, terracotta figurines, stone boxes, and great carved limestone lintels - bring alive the form, texture, and color of their vanished world."--Jacket.

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