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Author : Carla McKinney Brenner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Central America
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173014537720
Author : Michael Coe,Justin Kerr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998-02
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015080730370
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.
Author : Jorge Gutierrez
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781506725963
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.
Author : Stephen Houston
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606067451
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.
Author : Tiffany D. Creegan Miller
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780816542352
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.
Author : Mary Ellen Miller,Megan E O'neil
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780500204221
“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.
Author : Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300207170
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
Author : Herbert Joseph Spinden
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0486212351
Landmark classic interprets Maya symbolism, estimates styles, covers ceramics, architecture, murals, stone carvings as art forms. Over 750 illustrations.
Author : Dumbarton Oaks
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Maya art
ISBN : 0884023753
This introduction to Maya art is based on study of one of the most important collections in the United States, assembled by Robert Woods Bliss between 1935 and 1962. The catalogue, written by leading Maya scholars, contains detailed analyses of specific works of art along with thematic essays situating them within the context of Maya culture.
Author : Allen J. Christenson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780292789838
A study of a major piece of modern Mayan religious art.
Author : Timothy Laughton
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781448848324
Presents an introduction to Mayan civilization, discussing its history, politics, art, religion, literature, philosophy, military, gods, and heroes.
Author : Jeanne Walker Harvey
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250164797
The bold story of Maya Lin, the visionary artist-architect who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. You may be familiar with the iconic Vietnam Veterans Memorial. But do you know about the artist-architect who created this landmark? As a child, Maya Lin loved to study the spaces around her. She explored the forest in her backyard, observing woodland creatures, and used her house as a model to build tiny towns out of paper and scraps. The daughter of a clay artist and a poet, Maya grew up with art and learned to think with her hands as well as her mind. From her first experiments with light and lines to the height of her success nationwide, this is the story of an inspiring American artist: the visionary artist-architect who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. A Christy Ottaviano Book
Author : Henri Stierlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Maya art
ISBN : OCLC:1020212966
Author : Fabio Boubon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Artists
ISBN : 8854401285
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.
Author : Matthew G. Looper
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781477318072
The first book to focus on the multifaceted images of deer and hunting in ancient Maya art, from the award-winning author of To Be Like Gods: Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization. Winner, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2019 The white-tailed deer had a prominent status in Maya civilization: it was the most important wild-animal food source at many inland Maya sites and also functioned as a major ceremonial symbol. Offering an in-depth semantic analysis of this imagery, The Beast Between considers iconography, hieroglyphic texts, mythological discourses, and ritual narratives to translate the significance and meaning of the vibrant metaphors expressed in a variety of artifacts depicting deer and hunting. Charting the importance of deer as a key component of the Maya diet, especially for elites, and analyzing the coupling of deer and maize in the Maya worldview, The Beast Between reveals a close and long-term interdependence between the Maya and these animals. Not only are deer depicted naturalistically in hunting and ritual scenes, but also they are assigned human attributes. This rich imagery reflects the many ways in which deer hunting was linked to status, sexuality, and war as part of a deeper process to ensure the regeneration of both agriculture and ancestry. Drawing on methodologies of art history, archaeology, and ethnology, this illuminating work is poised to become a key resource for multiple fields.
