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The Maya Vase Book
The Maya Vase Book
Dancing Into Dreams
Author: Bryan R. Just
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780300174380
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Dancing into Dreams explores 8th-century Maya vase painting of the Ik' kingdom, located in the tropical lowlands of present day Guatemala. Ik' vases are acclaimed for their naturalistic color, veristic portraiture, and calligraphic line. Their painted surfaces depict historical subject matter and often include the names of the artists and patrons, as well as hieroglyphic explanations of the portrayed events and vessel production. Collectively, such self-consciously historical works offer a precision and nuance, unparalleled in the ancient Americas, to the study of the role of art in elite society. Authoritative and accessible, this handsomely illustrated volume presents a history of Ik' vase painting and describes the dramatic scenes represented on the vases with compelling and historically accurate vignettes.
Understanding Greek Vases
Author: Andrew J. Clark
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 0892365994
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is an indispensable guide to anyone wishing to obtain greater understanding of Greek ceramics and heightened enjoyment of them."--BOOK JACKET.
Art of the Maya Scribe
Author: Michael Coe
Publisher:
Published: 1998-02
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
The Maya Vase Conservation Project
Author: Lynn A. Grant
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Published: 2006-05-05
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781931707879
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Museum goers are always fascinated by behind-the-scenes glimpses of how museum professionals prepare artifacts and works of art for exhibit and study. In this illustrated, step-by-step presentation, Lynn Grant describes the problems of conserving and preserving a collection of 19 important Maya polychrome vases from Chama, Guatemala. The vases were excavated early in the 20th century by Robert Burkitt, an early investigator for the University Museum."--BOOK JACKET.
Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs
Author: John Montgomery
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This authoritative work is the first visual dictionary of Maya glyphs published since the script's complete deciphering, offering a much-needed, comprehensive catalogue of 1100 secured glyphs. Each entry includes the illustrated glyph, its phonetic transcription, Mayan equivalent, part of speech, and meaning. About the Author John Montgomery was an illustrator, epigrapher, writer, and PhD candidate in the field of Pre-Columbian Art at the University of New Mexico. He taught art history at the South-western Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque. A long and varied experience in Central America first inspired his interest in the ancient Maya. His glyphic illustrations are based on a lifetime of involvement with Maya glyph decipherment.
Popol Vuh
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Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 0684818450
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of the most extraordinary works of the human imagination and the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, Popul Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life was first made accessible to the public 10 years ago. This new edition retains the quality of the original translation, has been enriched, and includes 20 new illustrations, maps, drawings, and photos.
Popol Vuh
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Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780888999214
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mayan civilization once flourished in what is today Guatemala and the Yucatan. The Mayan sacred book the Popol Vuh tells of the creation of the universe, the world of gods and demi-gods and the creation of mankind.
