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The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere Ser.: Spectacle of the Late Maya Court : Reflections on the Murals of Bonampak by Mary Miller and Claudia Brittenham (2013, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN-100292744366
ISBN-139780292744363
eBay Product ID (ePID)150677160
Product Key Features
Number of Pages285 Pages
Publication NameSpectacle of the Late Maya Court : Reflections on the Murals of Bonampak
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLatin America / Mexico, Archaeology, History / Prehistoric & Primitive
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
AuthorMary Miller, Claudia Brittenham
Subject AreaArt, Social Science, History
SeriesThe William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight102 Oz
Item Length13 in
Item Width11 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsThe book is lavishly illustrated, and the photographic record within is invaluable. The latter part of the book consists of an extensive catalogue of color and infrared images as well as large-scale color reproductions of the reconstruction paintings, presented as inserts. Summing Up: Highly recommended., The Spectacle of the Late Maya Court is a comprehensive study of a single artistic program that greatly advances our understanding of the potential for images to picture noble power amid the turbulence of the southern lowland Maya collapse. ...Miller and Brittenham's volume provides a vital opportunity for scholars and advanced students to be enveloped by Bonampak's twelve walls and carefully examine a summative artistic program that vividly illustrates why depictions of courtly spectacle mattered for assertions of royal power in the Late Classic Maya world.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal751.73097263
Table Of ContentView the full insert here. List of Tables List of Illustrations Preface, by Mary Miller Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Artistic Conception Principles Program Planning and Execution Chapter 3. The Story in the Murals Sequence Text and Image Crowded Courts, Absent Kings Chapter 4. Time, Motion, and Performance Performing Victory in Room 2 The Performative Now in Room 1 Dance, Performance, and Death in Room 3 Chapter 5. Art and Politics Art and Collapse The Disintegrating Usumacinta After the Fall Chapter 6. Conclusion Catalog Bibliography Index
SynopsisLocated 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., Lavishly produced with foldout images of a major new full-colour scale reconstruction of the Bonampak murals, as well as hundreds of photographs and infrared images, this landmark in book publishing is the most thorough and thought-provoking study of one of the masterpieces of New World art
LC Classification NumberF1435.1.B6
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