Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya
Author | : Carla McKinney Brenner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Central America |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Carla McKinney Brenner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Central America |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Lynn Kellmanson Matheny |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Indian art |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mary Ellen Miller |
Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780500051290 |
A showcase of the breathtaking art of an ancient people features hundreds of illustrations that, combined with the latest research into and archaeological discoveries about Maya society, demonstrates the complexity and artistic genius of this legendary culture.
Author | : Sarah E. Jackson |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2013-06-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0806189258 |
In recent decades, advances in deciphering Maya hieroglyphic writing have given scholars new tools for understanding key aspects of ancient Maya society. This book—the first comprehensive examination of the Maya royal court—exemplifies the importance of these new sources. Authored by anthropologist Sarah E. Jackson and richly illustrated with drawings, photographs, and maps, Politics of the Maya Court uses hieroglyphic and iconographic evidence to explore the composition and social significance of royal courts in the Late Classic period (a.d. 600–900), with a special emphasis on the role of courtly elites. As Jackson explains, the Maya region of southern Mexico and Central America was not a unified empire but a loosely aggregated culture area composed of independent kingdoms. Royal courts had a presence in large, central communities from Chiapas to Yucatan and the highlands of Guatemala and western Honduras. Each major polity was ruled by a k’uhul ajaw, or holy lord, who embodied intertwined aspects of religious and political authority. The hieroglyphic texts that adorned walls, furniture, and portable items in these centers of power provide specific information about the positions, roles, and meanings of the courts. Jackson uses these documents as keys to understanding Classic Maya political hierarchy and, specifically, the institution of the royal court. Within this context, she investigates the lives of the nobility and the participation of elites in court politics. By identifying particular individuals and their life stories, Jackson humanizes Maya society, showing how events resulted from the actions and choices of specific people. Jackson’s innovative portrayal of court membership provides a foundation for scholarship on the nature, functions, and responsibilities of Maya royal courts.
Author | : Mary Miller |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-07-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780292744363 |
Located within the deep tropical rainforest of Chiapas, Mexico, the Maya site of Bonampak is home to the most complete and magnificent mural program of the ancient Americas. In three rooms, a pageant of rulership opens up, scene by scene, like pages of an ancient Maya book. Painted c. AD 800, the murals of Bonampak reveal a complex and multifaceted view of the ancient Maya at the end of their splendor during the last days of the Classic era. Members of the royal court engage in rituals and perform human sacrifice, dance in extravagant costumes and strip the clothing from fallen captives, acknowledge foreign nobles, and receive abundant tribute. The murals are a powerful and sophisticated reflection on the spectacle of courtly life and the nature of artistic practice, a window onto a world that could not know its doomed future. This major new study of the paintings of Bonampak incorporates insights from decades of art historical, epigraphic, and technical investigation of the murals, framing questions about artistic conception, facture, narrative, performance, and politics. Lavishly illustrated, this book assembles thorough documentation of the Bonampak mural program, from historical photographs of the paintings—some never before published—to new full-color reconstructions by artist Heather Hurst, recipient of a MacArthur award, and Leonard Ashby. The book also includes a catalog of photographs, infrared images, and line drawings of the murals, as well as images of all the glyphic texts, which are published in their entirety for the first time. Written in an engaging style that invites both specialists and general readers alike, this book will stand as the definitive presentation of the paintings for years to come.
Author | : Simon Martin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 543 |
Release | : 2020-06-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108483887 |
With new readings of ancient texts, Ancient Maya Politics unlocks the long-enigmatic political system of the Classic Maya.
Author | : Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2017-04-25 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0300207174 |
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 | : Julie Nehammer Knub |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2014-01-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1784910511 |
This volume collects eight recent and innovative studies spanning the breadth of Mesoamerica, from the Early Classic metropolis of Teotihuacan, to Tenochtitlan, the Late Postclassic capital of the Aztec, and from the arid central Mexican highlands in the west to the humid Maya lowlands in the east.
Author | : Detroit Institute of Arts |
Publisher | : New York : T. Y. Crowell |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Indian art |
ISBN | : |
Survey of Mayan sculpture and painting in text and photographs.
Author | : David Stuart |
Publisher | : Thames and Hudson |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2008-11-18 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Two leading Maya scholars tell this story of the rediscovery of the queen of Maya cities--Palenque--deep in the forest-clad mountains of southeastern Mexico. 150 illustrations.