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Maya Art and Architecture by Mary Ellen Miller, X

Maya Art and Architecture by Mary Ellen Miller, X
Miller vividly takes the reader into the art of one of the world's most enigmatic ancient civilizations, explaining how architecture art art maya world and why the Maya made their greatest works. 200 illustrations, 50 in color.
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Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya

Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya
Maya artistic expression during the second half of the first millennium reached the highest peaks of opulence architecture art art maya world and cultural refinement in the New World. Living in a tropical rain forest, supported by a society of astonishing wealth architecture art art maya world and complexity, the ancient Maya kings architecture art art maya world and queens commissioned extraordinary works of art architecture art art maya world and architecture in order to memorialize themselves architecture art art maya world and to ensure their place in history. Seated on thrones of jaguar pelt, rulers contemplated the social, religious, architecture art art maya world and political affairs of their kingdom while a coterie of dwarves, hunchbacks, scribes, singers, actors, fan bearers, architecture art art maya world and drummers catered to their every need. Supplicants of lordly favor brought lavish gifts architecture art art maya world and tribute, cloth architecture art art maya world and shells, beads architecture art art maya world and cacao. From one generation to another, nobles began to take on additional titles, providing an ever more refined notion of courtly rights architecture art art maya world and responsibilities, rankings architecture art art maya world and rituals. Published to accompany a touring exhibition, this groundbreaking book gathers together the latest research into Maya civilization architecture art art maya world and hundreds of illustrations to illuminate their achievements. Nowhere is this more spectacularly revealed than at Palenque, but the courtly world becomes more tangible to us too from works found at Tonina, Yaxchilan, Bonampak, architecture art art maya world and Copan, among other places. Ceramic censers, stucco heads, jade masks, terracotta figurines, incised wood boxes, great carved limestone lintels--the range of objects is astounding, architecture art art maya world and they have been drawn together from major collections in the Americas, Europe, architecture art art maya world and Australia.
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