Art and writing in the Maya cities, AD 600-800 : a poetics of line / Adam Herring.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2005.Description: xvi, 316 p., col. p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN:

0521842468
9780521842464

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709.728 22 HER

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Contents:

Yuknoom's stare: the beholder's share -- Gesture and speech -- In the realm of the senses -- Piedras negras: capital city, canted landscape.

Summary: "Art and Writing in the Maya Cities, A.D. 600-800, examines an important aspect of the visual cultures of the ancient Maya in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. During a critical period of cultural evolution, artistic production changed significantly, as calligraphy became an increasingly important formal element in Maya aesthetics and was used extensively in monumental building, sculptural programs, and small-scale utilitarian objects. Adam Herring's study analyzes artworks, visual programs, and cultural sites of memory, providing an anthropologically informed description of ancient Maya culture, vision, and artistic practice. An inquiry into the contexts and perceptions of the ancient Maya city, his book melds epigraphic and iconographic methodologies with the critical tradition of art-historical interpretation."

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Yuknoom's stare: the beholder's share --
Gesture and speech --

In the realm of the senses --

Piedras negras: capital city, canted landscape.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and index.

"Art and Writing in the Maya Cities, A.D. 600-800, examines an important aspect of the visual cultures of the ancient Maya in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. During a critical period of cultural evolution, artistic production changed significantly, as calligraphy became an increasingly important formal element in Maya aesthetics and was used extensively in monumental building, sculptural programs, and small-scale utilitarian objects. Adam Herring's study analyzes artworks, visual programs, and cultural sites of memory, providing an anthropologically informed description of ancient Maya culture, vision, and artistic practice. An inquiry into the contexts and perceptions of the ancient Maya city, his book melds epigraphic and iconographic methodologies with the critical tradition of art-historical interpretation."

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